Quelle première pour Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) ! A 25 ans, la Néerlandaise a levé les bras pour la première fois de sa carrière ce mercredi à Rodez, terme de la 4e étape du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Partie en solitaire à 20 kilomètres de l'arrivée, elle s'est montrée la plus forte d'une grosse échappée matinale, le reste des rescapés se faisant reprendre dans les derniers mètres par le groupe maillot jaune. Car ce final difficile a été le théâtre de la première grosse explication entre les favorites, notamment entre Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) et Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx - Protime). Impressionnante dans les dernières rampes, Vollering a dépassé sur le fil Anouka Koster (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) pour la 2e place et grappille quelques secondes sur la championne du monde, 4e sur la ligne. Vaillante, Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protime) termine 14e et sauve son maillot jaune pour 43" devant Vollering.
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00:03 Lothar, what a crazy stage today. You tried to attack so far from the finish.
00:08 How were the legs?
00:10 The legs were okay. I feel good actually already the whole week.
00:16 So yeah, wherever I can help the team, I'll try to do it.
00:21 Did you fear one moment to lose the yellow jersey today because the gaps were more than 10 minutes?
00:28 Yeah, we had Elena Cecchini and Lorena who tried to control a bit the gap.
00:34 And as long as it was not more than 10 minutes, it was okay for us.
00:41 I mean, in the end, we're here to defend the final GC and not really my yellow jersey at the moment.
00:48 So if I would have lost it today, then yeah, it would be sad.
00:52 But on the other hand, it was for a higher goal.
00:56 Finally, the day is quasi perfect because you keep the yellow jersey.
01:00 And Demi's second, she showed the strength.
01:03 Yeah, Demi is in very good form and it's good that she can take some bonus now on the mic.
01:11 So yeah, I think for our team, Team SDWorx, this was again a very good day.
01:16 And tomorrow, what can we expect from you?
01:19 Yeah, that I will see tonight in the roadbook.
01:23 I think tomorrow is more like a sprinter stage.
01:26 So I guess it will be kind of the same as yesterday.
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