Lorena Wiebes (left) has won five stages of the Tour de France Femmes during her career
Marianne Vos lost out in a second successive sprint battle to Lorena Wiebes but retained the yellow jersey after stage four of the Tour de France Femmes.
In a repeat of Monday’s third stage, Dutch rider Wiebes pipped compatriot Vos to the line in Poitiers.
Wiebes climbs to second in the general classification and trails Vos by 12 seconds with five stages remaining.
Ireland’s Lara Gillespie achieved her best performance on a Tour de France Femmes stage by finishing third.
Demi Vollering, who won the 2023 edition, suffered a heavy crash on Monday but was cleared to ride after the team doctor “ruled out the risk of concussion”, external – and finished in the same time as Wiebes.
After back-to-back flat stages, riders will compete over a hilly 165.8km route between Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Futuroscope and Gueret on Wednesday.
Stage four results
1. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) 2hrs 54mins 11secs
2. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time
3. Lara Gillespie (Ire/UAE Team ADQ) same time
4. Eline Jansen (Ned/VolkerWessels) same time
5. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) same time
6. Shari Bossuyt (Bel/AG Insurance-Soudal) same time
7. Rachele Barbieri (Ita/Picnic-PostNL) same time
8. Linda Zanetti (Sui/Uno-X Mobility) same time
9. Alicia Gonzalez (Spa/St Michel-Prefrence Home-Auber93) same time
10. Sarah van Dam (Can/Ceratizit) same time
General classification after stage four
1. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) 11hrs 13mins 11secs
2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +12secs
3. Kim le Court (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) same time
4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +18secs
5. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) +22secs
6. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +25secs
7. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +27secs
8. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) same time
9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ/Lidl-Trek +31secs
10. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) same time
