2022 Tour de France Femmes Stage 5 Results & Recap
Stage 5 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
Wiebes wins stage 5
Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) won stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes today at Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, sprinting to a win against world champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek - Segafredo) and yellow jersey leader, Marianne Vos in the finale of the longest stage of the tour. It's Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) 17th win of the season.
"It was a pretty chaotic finale," Wiebes said. "We aimed for the u-turn with 1.7km to go and Pfeiffer [Georgi] brought me safe to the good wheels. We had a lot of speed into that corner and I lost my back wheel a bit but I could hold my bike, I was still in a good position out of the corner and then I was able to react to the girls coming from behind and to ride the sprint as I wanted to. I think it was the longest race I ever did. If you add up the neutral, it’s almost 180km, I didn’t even do that in training. The team took great control and Franziska Koch did a great job. I felt a bit of pressure when I saw it and it was maybe the last opportunity for me. I’m very happy I took it, it was a real team effort."
Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) retains her yellow jersey for yet another day. Tomorrow is similar to today's stage, with several lower classified climbs along the way to the finish in Rosheim. Racing starts at 1 p.m. CEST.
"The sprint went pretty well," Vos said. "We wanted to be in the front in the final u-turn with 1.7km to go. We knew that was going to be very important and we wanted to stay out of trouble. There was a bit of confusion when Elisa Longo Borghini went left but luckily things went well and when Lorena Wiebes opened up her sprint, she was just the fastest. We did what we could, getting 3rd and keeping yellow, it's a good day. I expect some fireworks tomorrow, but we’ve seen that every day. We’ll try to do our best again and of course, with the yellow jersey you want to give it all you have."\n
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