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Lorena Wiebes won stage three of the Tour de France Femmes as breakaway rider Julie van de Velde was caught with about 200m to go.<\/span><\/p>\n The Dutch rider beat Marianne Vos in a sprint to the line, while Wiebes’ team-mate Lotte Kopecky came in third to retain the leader’s yellow jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Victory on the 147km route gave Wiebes a third career stage win on the Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n “I stayed with Lotte; the plan was that she would deliver me and that was exactly what she did,” she said.<\/span><\/p>\n “I think Marianne started the sprint on the right and I was able to catch her.”<\/span><\/p>\n Lopecky extended her overall lead by six seconds, and now leads second-placed Liane Lippert by 55 seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n The fourth stage on Wednesday is the longest of the eight in the race – 177.1km from Cahors to Rodez.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Lorena Wiebes (Ned\/SD Worx) 3hrs 49mins 47secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Marianne Vos (Ned\/Jumbo-Visma) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Lotte Kopecky (Bel\/SD Worx)<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Chiara Consonni (Ita\/UAE Team ADQ)<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Elisa Balsamo (Ita\/Lidl-Trek) <\/span><\/p>\n 6. Alexandra Manly (Aus\/Jayco-AlUla)<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Charlotte Kool (Ned\/Team DSM) <\/span><\/p>\n 8. Susanne Andersen (Nor\/Uno-X Pro Cycling)<\/span><\/p>\n 9. Soraya Paladin (Ita\/Canyon SRAM Racing) +2secs<\/span><\/p>\n 10. Julie de Wilde (Bel\/Fenix-Deceuninck) +2secs<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Lotte Kopecky (Bel\/SD Worx) 11hrs 07mins 19secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Liane Lippert (Ger\/Movistar) +55secs<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (SA\/AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) +1min 05secs<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol\/Canyon SRAM Racing)<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita\/Lidl-Trek)<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned\/Movistar)<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Tamara Dronova (Rus\/Israel Premier Tech Roland)<\/span><\/p>\nStage three result<\/h3>\n
General classification<\/h3>\n