De Vries on the attack in fourth stage of Giro d’Italia Women
Without the unfortunate Mijntje Geurts, who suffered a broken nose in a hard crash on Tuesday, the peloton set off from Imola to Urbino for a 134-kilometre ride. Five riders went for a breakaway and grabbed a maximum lead of six minutes. Emond went solo at 50 kilometres from the line and held her lead until the finish.From the peloton, De Vries jumped on the first climb with a strong group that had started the pursuit of Emond. The group picked up a minute on the peloton in no time, but did not come close to winning the stage. De Vries had to let go her fellow escapees just before the top of the climb and failed to get back on the descent.
“I am happy to create such opportunities for myself.”
Femke de Vries
“That was unfortunate, although I am happy to create such opportunities for myself,” De Vries looked back on the stage. “I felt good today. It was very hot, but with ice and cold water it was doable. Fem dropped me off perfectly at the bottom of the first climb and although the collaboration in the group was not fantastic, we were riding fast on the climbs.”Fem van Empel also speaks of a tough stage. “It was essential to cool down and drink well. Today my job was to drop off Femke at the front on the climb. The rest of the stages I will try to be in a nice breakaway.”
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Giro d’Italia Women
Stage 4
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Clara Emond
EF Education-Cannondale
03:35:45
2
Soraya Paladin
Canyon//SRAM Racing
+00:00:17
3
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
FDJ – SUEZ
+00:00:20
33
Femke de Vries
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:15
41
Fem van Empel
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:03:21
73
Lieke Nooijen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:15:49
127
Carlijn Achtereekte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:21:36
142
Maud Oudeman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:21:50
146
Rosita Reijnhout
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:22:30
–
Mijntje Geurts
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
DNF
Rankings
1
Elisa Longo Borghini
Lidl – Trek
09:28:53
2
Lotte Kopecky
Team SD Worx – Protime
+00:00:13
3
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
FDJ – SUEZ
+00:00:38
18
Femke de Vries
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:03:14
40
Fem van Empel
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:09:46
73
Lieke Nooijen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:23:02
81
Rosita Reijnhout
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:26:22
94
Carlijn Achtereekte
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:30:38
105
Maud Oudeman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:33:01
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