Lorena Wiebes wins Stage Five at The Women's Tour, Demi Vollering retains general classification lead
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Updated 08/10/2021 at 20:54 GMT
Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) won her second consectuive stage at The Women's Tour. Her victory on Friday afternoon came in Clacton-on-Sea after the race began on Friday in Colchester. With just one stage remaining, Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) is ahead by just over a minute in the general classification.
Women's Tour Stage Five highlights: Wiebes seals back-to-back stage wins
Lorena Wiebes of Team DSM claimed stage 5 at The Women’s Tour on Friday afternoon in Clacton-on-Sea, with her sprint victory making it her second consecutive stage win.
The stage kicked off in Colchester, and Hayley Simmonds (CAMS-Basso Bikes) took the lead with a breakaway ahead of the chasing pack, but the day’s other riders were able to close the gap - which at one point stood at 4m30s - with 16 kilometres left as the race finished in Clacton-on-Sea after 95.4km.
Simmonds was able to take maximum points on the first two QOM sprints, and also took two of the intermediate sprints.
Wiebes won as she broke through ahead in the bunch sprint, finishing well ahead of Elisa Balsamo (Valcar-Travel & Service) and Marjolein van 't Geloof (Drops-Le Col s/b Tempur).
With one stage remaining, Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) was able to maintain a lead of 1m09s. Wiebes’ teammate Juliette Labous is in second, with Clara Copponi (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope), who won three bonus seconds, five seconds further back.
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