2022 Tour de France Femmes Stage 4 Results & Recap
Stage 4 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.
Race Recap
Reusser wins stage 4
Marlen Reusser (Team SD Worx) took a solo win on the Strade-Bianche type stage of the Tour de France Femmes today. The European TT champion won after attacking with 23km to go, and holding a gap of 1'24 to take the win in Bar-sur-Aube ahead of Evita Muzic (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope). Alena Amialiusik (Canyon/SRAM Racing) was third.
“We did it!" Reusser said. "The team had a plan to make it a hard race and to not let it come down to an easy finale. We said we would attack and one would go. Then I was lucky it was me. We have our GC leaders, we always keep them in front, but this team always has an open and aggressive strategy, so everybody is allowed to go for the win. We all work together, we help each other and we attack. I was the lucky one. I’m really grateful for my team and my teammates. In this Tour, every day is hard, at least for me every day was hard. This stage suits the kind of rider I am with these gravel sections. It was hard but it was not as hard as other stages for me. I was very sad to miss the Tour de Suisse [with Covid-19], I missed the Nationals, but at the same time I was thinking it could be good for the latter part of the season. I know you can come back very fast and strong when you work well. So maybe in the end it’s a good thing. I’m fine with that."
Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) stays in the yellow jersey after the chaos today. She's still 16 seconds ahead of Silvia Persico (Valcar - Travel & Service) in the GC.
"Looking back at today, we’ve been quite safe with the team, we tried to stay in the right position, to stay in contention for the win as well but when Reusser attacked it was a very strong moment and then we also knew that it’s difficult to cover everything," Vos said. "And to keep the yellow jersey is a very nice thing. It’s a good day. Gravel is great when you’re at the front, and much less enjoyable when you’re further back. I really enjoyed today also with the spectators along the course again. The team kept me out of trouble the whole day. And I think it was the most important thing. I’m very happy. It’s also nice to have good points for the green jersey but until now it hasn’t been the main focus."\n
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