Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) extended her lead in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift , finishing second on stage four in Liège, but taking valuable bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint and finish line.
The day was won in a photo-finish by 22-year-old Puck Pieterse (Fenix Deceuninck), who earned her maiden road victory after collecting accolades in cyclo-cross and mountain bike events.
Pieterse was one of the key instigators of the action on stage four, finishing first over the penultimate two climbs, and earning enough points in the mountains classification to secure the polka-dot jersey for stage five. She leads with 10 points, one ahead of Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ).
The Dutchwoman also jumped 22 places to second in the general classification, and is now 22 seconds adrift of her compatriot Vollering. As such, Pieterse is the rightful leader in the young rider's classification, but lends her white jersey to Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) while she wears the polka dots.
Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL), winner of both of the opening two sprint stages , extended her lead in the points classification from 39 to 44 points ahead of Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), after taking more spoils in the intermediate sprint.
Tour de France Femmes 2024 stage four: Valkenburg to Liège
1. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, in 3:12:28
2. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
3. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, both at same time
4. Kimberley (Le Court) Pienaar (Mus) AG Insurance-Soudal, +29s
5. Noemi Rüegg (Sui) EF-Oatly-Cannondale
6. Thalita De Jong (Ned) Lotto Dstny
7. Évita Muzic (Fra) FDJ-Suez
8. Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek
9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) SD Worx-Protime
10. Mareille Meijering (Ned) Movistar, all at same time
Tour de France Femmes 2024 general classification after stage four
1. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, in 7:40:10
2. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +22s
3. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, +34s
4. Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF-Oatly-Cannondale, +47s
5. Juliette Labous (Fra) dsm-firmenich PostNL, +56s
6. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +1:03
7. Kimberley (Le Court) Pienaar (Mus) AG Insurance-Soudal, at same time
8. Thalita De Jong (Ned) Lotto Dstny, +1:04
9. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT, at same time
10. Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +1:07
Tour de France Femmes 2024 points classification after stage four
1. Charlotte Kool (Ned) dsm-firmenich PostNL, 120pts
2. Marianne Vos (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike, 76pts
3. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 56pts
4. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 45pts
5. Aniina Ahtosalo (Fin) Uno-X, 43pts
Tour de France Femmes 2024 mountains classification after stage four
1. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, 10pts
2. Silvia Persico (Ita) UAE Team ADQ, 9pts
3. Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, 8pts
4. Justine Ghekiere (Bel) AG Insurance-Soudal, 6pts
5. Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM, 6pts
Tour de France Femmes 2024 youth classification after stage three
1. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, in 7:40:32
3. Shirin van Anroij (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +45s
3. Marion Brunel (Fra) St Michel-Mavic-Auber93, +3:00
4. Fem van Empel (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike +3:28
5. Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM, +3:50
Tour de France Femmes 2024 teams classification after stage three
1. EF-Oatly-Cannondale (USA) in 23:03:46
2. Lidl-Trek (USA) +35s
3. Movistar (Esp) +1:37
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