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Bike change for Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel&Service), second overall, presumably a knock-on effect from the crash. But she catches up with another group of stragglers from the crash about to regain contact and will make it back into the main group.
Victoire Berteau (Cofidis), Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health), Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) step up their pace as they realise the bunch's pursuit is in earnest.
36 kilometres to go
1:10 for the break on the bunch on the seemingly interminable series of broad, mostly straight country roads and small villages the race is currently passing through. The Kopecky-led trio has made it back onto the main group.
Numerous stragglers from this huge crash, with Kopecky in a three-rider group, all trying to regain contact. Trek -Segafredo are leading the peloton, with Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) surrounded by her domestiques, with Kopecky's group some 30 seconds back. Former World Champion Chantal ven dan Broek-Blaak (SDWorx), with a bandage and blood dripping down her right arm is a further minute adrift.
42 kilometres to go
The peloton continues but slow pacing it a little. 1:40 between the break and the bunch, 3:00 on those caught up in the crash, which includes Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), like Norsgaard, another favourite for today's likely sprint finish.
Norsgaard is standing up on the left, but visibly in pain.
Has happened on a straight road, the road is almost completely blocked. Mechanics rushing up with sparewheels, some riders injured on the middle and the righthand side of the road. Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) is one of those affected.
45 kilometres to go
Huge crash in the front right hand part of the peloton.
Reports coming through that Barbara Malcotti (Human Powered Health) has been disqualified from the race for 'an irregular assistance', which is often commissaire-speak for getting a tow from a car, but as yet tbc.
It's been a day of smiles for race leader Marianne Vos so far. He yellow jersey is surely safe for another day.
55km to go
The stage rolls through the French countryside today.
The gap to the break is slowly falling. It is now 2:00.
Vos accelerates but Wiebes takes it.
Vos is perhaps also targeting green if or when she loses the yellow jersey.
There's a real sprint for points in the peloton.
Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) jumped away to win the sprint.
60km to go
The break ups the pace at the intermediate sprint.
The break passes the summit of the C么te de Gripport climb.
Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) was again first ot the top, to score 2 points.
The peloton is 2:30 behind.
70km to go
Team DSM now have two riders on the front of the peloton, with Vos' Jumbo-Visma team lined out behind them.
Yet again there are huge crowds out along the stage today.
馃弫 80 km ⏱ The gap between the breakaway and the peloton is now under 3 minutes. ⏱ Les 4 coureuses de t锚te ont moins de 3 minutes d'avance d茅sormais.#TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/Xj1K6q1PoCJuly 28, 2022
75km to go
For now Vos and Jumbo-Visma have little to worry about.
It's currently a nice 26C out on the road.
However the peloton kept them in check and at round 3:00.
They were joined by Victoire Berteau (Cofidis), Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health) to create a four-rider attack.
Today's attack started like this, with Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) attacking first.
For a moment Yuliia Biriukova (Arkea), India Grangier (Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime) and Henrietta Christie (Human Powered Health) formed a counter-attack but were quickly caught by the peloton.
馃毚♀️ "We will try to control and hopefully other teams will help us" says @TeamDSM sports director @alberttimmer.馃毚♀️ "Nous essayons de contr么ler, en esp茅rant que d'autres 茅quipes viennent nous aider" confie @alberttimmer, le directeur sportif du @TeamDSM.#TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/WNvOsbR04oJuly 28, 2022
97km to go
The riders have covered 70km and entered the final 100km. Wisely the sprint teams have kept the break to a lead of 3:20.
⛰ The peloton passes the top of the C么te de Pagny-la-Blanche-C么te 3'45'' after the leading group.⏱⛰ Le peloton passe au sommet de la C么te de Pagny-la-Blanche-C么te avec un retard de 3'45'' sur la t锚te de course.⏱#TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/VkSEXhjkMdJuly 28, 2022
The 4 leaders still have a lead of 3:30 after the climb.
105km to go
Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) scored 2 points at the top of the C么te de Pagny-la-Blanche-C么te. Antri Christoforou scores another point for the mountains classification.
“I hope for a bunch sprint finish”, the World champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) said at the start.
“It’s a dream for me to win a stage on the Tour de France.”
Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) is the favorite to win this stage if it ends in a sprint.
She was clearly the strongest on the Champs-Elys茅es but lost lead out Charlotte Kool yesterday.
Trek-Segafredo also want to win at the Tour de France. Thanks to Elisa Balsamo they have an excellent chance of a stage win today. The world champion is a good sprinter even if she is not on her best form
Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) is also a dangerous customer in a sprint. How nice would it be for her to win in the yellow jersey?
The race has settled but Team DSM are leading the peloton. They clearly want a sprint finish for Lorena Wiebes.
Wiebes won the opening sprint on the Champs-脡lys茅es and has been in impressive form this season, already claiming 16 wins.
The four brave attackers are Victoire Berteau (Cofidis), Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health), Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG).
120km to go
The peloton has finally eased and let the break go. It will now be up to the sprinters' teams to keep them under control if they want to fight for the stage victory.
The gap is at 3:30.
Click below to read the full story and reaction from DS Rubens Bertogliati.
Mavi Garcia hit by own team car on hectic Tour de France Femmes gravel stage
Mavi Garcia’s overall ambitions at the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift were wrecked by her own UAE Team ADQ team car during the final kilometres of stage 4 after the vehicle touched the Spanish champion’s rear wheel, causing her to crash.
She crossed the line in 33rd place, in a group of riders 3:11 down on the stage winner Marlen Reusser (SD Worx) and 1:31 down on the main group of general classification contenders.
She slipped to 11th overall, 2:26 down on race leader Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma).
Here's the break of the day.
馃嚝馃嚪@velopipoire and 馃嚚馃嚲@andriachristor joined the breakaway. 4 riders are now leading the race.馃嚝馃嚪@velopipoire et 馃嚚馃嚲@andriachristor ont rejoint l"茅chapp茅e. 4 coureuses sont d茅sormais en t锚te.馃嚝馃嚪@velopipoire馃嚭馃嚫@emilyjoynewsom馃嚘馃嚭@AnyaLouw1馃嚚馃嚲@andriachristor#TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/Lt0hWOI1tlJuly 28, 2022
Today marks the halfway point of this first @LeTourFemmes! The riders have just completed the first 38.4km of today's route and have now reached 50% of the total race distance.They climbed 3950m in the opening 4 stages but have 8362m of elevation gain remaining馃彅️ #TDFF #TDFFdata pic.twitter.com/RsdG7nBniHJuly 28, 2022
Click here to read what Vos said.
Vos 'realistic' about how long she can keep yellow at Tour de France Femmes
Marianne Vos came through the gravel on stage 4 unscathed to finish fifth and maintained her lead in the overall classification at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
The Jumbo-Visma rider is fighting to keep the yellow jersey for as long as possible but recognised that she will likely lose the overall lead when the race reaches the mountainous finale this weekend.
Click below to study the current GC standings.
The current GC standings in the 2022 Tour de France Femmes after stage 4
Stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes was expected to shake up the general classification. In the end, most of the GC contenders marked each other after several of them had crashed or punctured on the gravel sectors.
Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) defended her maillot jaune, and there were no changes in the top-five where Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) are at 16 seconds, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) at 21 seconds, and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Team SD Worx) at 51 seconds.
130km to go
The riders are in a hillier section of the stage now but the pace remains high at 44km/h.
It was good to see the French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at the start of the stage.
馃嚝馃嚪 Merci madame la Premi猫re ministre @Elisabeth_Borne pour votre visite et votre soutien.#TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/5wnrGUzJLxJuly 28, 2022
135km to go
The peloton is holding the attackers to a gap of 1:00.
142km to go
We appear to have the break of the day.
Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) and Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health) have joined Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) in the attack.
The peloton is at 1:00.
This is today's stage.
"Those riders who have the endurance and strength will be victorious."@spannawalker thinks fatigue will play a part today after 4 demanding stages and with special dispensation to run the race at this length, Stage 5 will be a new experience for the Peloton 馃毚♀️馃毚♀️ #TDFF #TDFFdata pic.twitter.com/TUcP2QUEiXJuly 28, 2022
Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) remain out front with a gap of 20 seconds.
Human Powered Health also want to make the break and so lead the chase.
150km to go
The speed is close to 50km/h as the peloton chases the attackers.
馃毚♀️馃挩 It's a strong start! The pace is very high. 馃毚♀️馃挩 C'est parti fort ! Le rythme est tr猫s 茅lev茅. #TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/CK27TM07bbJuly 28, 2022
After 15 kilometres there is the first attack of the day.
Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) get a gap.
Annemiek van Vleuten is also looking forward to the longest stage.
"We can handle this. Bring it on," she said.
Such a long stage seems tailor-made for Ellen van Dijk but she highlighted one problem.
"I like a stage like this but it can make the race more boring," says the European champion.
The riders will cover 175.6 kilometers between Bar-le-Duc and Saint-Di茅-des-Vosges. That is also the longest distance ever in a UCI women's race.
There has been debate about if it right and sensible to race so long during an eight-day race but several riders at the start of the stage told Sporza they are in favour of the distance.
"I'm someone who likes to do long distances. I'm happy with it, it doesn't scare me," says Lotte Kopecky.
After 5km the peloton is still together.
We're expecting a break to form but riders and team are rightly cautious with 175km to race.
They're off!
The racing has started.
馃毄 Km 0, stage 5 is on!馃毄 Km 0, l'茅tape 5 est lanc茅e ! #TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/C1M9Wtxg9rJuly 28, 2022
Today's 175km stage is largely flat but does include 3 climbs.
After 60 kilometres the riders face the C么te de Pagny-la-Blanche-C么te (4th category). It is 1.4 kilometres long with an average gradient of 5.5%.
40 kilometres further on there is the C么te de Gripport (4th category). It is 1.3 kilometres long at 5.3%. At the top of both climbs, the first riders scores 2 QOM points and the second takes 1.
At 20 kilometres from the finish, the riders face the Col du Haut du Bois, where they can earn bonus seconds.
All the riders who finished yesterday's stage are in action today, so we have 130 riders in the peloton.
C'est Parti!
馃毄 3...2...1... Here we go! 馃毄 3...2...1... C'est parti ! #TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/gu4MU5Pbz3July 28, 2022
#TDFF #WatchTheFemmes 馃摳 What you see 馃こWhat they see pic.twitter.com/D7Sa8kTHHYJuly 28, 2022
After the Champs-Elys茅es and Provins, the sprinters get another, perhaps final chance to win in Saint-Di茅-des-Vosges.
This is probably the last chance for them in this year's Tour.
Friday is hilly stage and ias followed by two tough mountain stages in the Voges at the weekend.
The riders face 4km of neutralised riding before the flag drops and the stage starts.
Here we go!
They Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift peloton rolls out of Bar-le-Duc.
Direction east to Saint-Di茅-des-Vosges.
All the jersey wearers are on the start line, at the front of the grid.
Marianne Vos is still in the yellow leader's jersey.
We're just a few minutes from the stage start with riders careful to be hydrated and ready for the long day in the saddle.
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