2022 Tour de France Femmes Stage 3 Results & Recap

Stage 3 of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.

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Ludwig wins stage 3 of the Tour de France

Cecilie Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) took top honors on stage 3 of the Tour de France after outsprinting a select group of favorites in Epernay today. The Danish rider won by two seconds ahead of yellow jersey leader, Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma). Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (SD Worx) was third after 133km of racing.

"I felt I was in a good spot following Marianne [Vos]’s wheel under flamme rouge, but then I lost position a bit and I was: 'sh…' And Kasia [Niewiadoma] was already attacking. I just kept on fighting, thinking 'I can come back, at least the podium!’ And then: 'it’s looking pretty good…' It’s amazing. Yesterday was such a gloomy, sad, sh… day. To keep fighting with the team like this is something I’ll remember for the rest of my life I think. We’re not quitters! During the race, the girls came to me to tell me: ‘We believe in you! We’re here for you!’ And then they were standing in front of me when I was on the podium. I was just crying, crying, crying. And them too. It was so special. I’m a stage winner of the Tour de France! That’s a good line on my resume. And we’re gonna celebrate tonight, I promise you. Marta [Cavalli] will be with us in the hotel and we’ll be able to have a glass of champagne and also tell her: 'We did it for you."

Vos is still leading the overall standings, putting five more seconds into second place Silvia Persico (Valcar - Travel & Service).

"We knew it was going to be tough, we knew it would be a fight to stay in contention and to try to go for the stage and also to keep the yellow jersey. Of course, I’m happy to keep the yellow and I think Cecilie [Uttrup Ludwig] was definitely the strongest there on the final climb. Was I close to another victory? Not really. I gave it all and in the end, I didn’t have the legs to accelerate once again and Cecilie did. 2nd it was. After such a hard race, I’m happy to stay in yellow another day. It was really special in the bunch, with the people along the route spotting this iconic jersey. Tomorrow is another hard stage with the ‘chemins blancs’ [white roads] but also the climbs before. There are no easy days in the Tour de France!"\n

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