2023-07-27 17:41:48
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The German Ricarda Bauernfeind won the fifth stage of the Tour de France Women alone on Thursday July 27 in Albi in Aveyron, where the Belgian Lotte Kopecky, fourth, kept her yellow jersey. The Canyon team climber, who attacked 35 kilometers from the finish line, resisted the return of a group of pursuers and won ahead of the Swiss Marlen Reusser and the German champion Liane Lippert. “ I can not believe it. It’s incredible. My teammates did a great job during the stage. For the team, this victory is a great reward commented the 23-year-old, now the youngest stage winner of the Tour de France Women. Just before the Covid 19 pandemic, Ricarda Bauernfeind had stopped competing to devote herself to her studies. ” I had seen the images of the race last year, I loved it, and it is a dream to be here today “, added the winner of the day. The race stopped for the French Evita Muzic, released from the first kilometers of the stage. Sick, the 8th in the first Tour de France Women gave up, when she was in 14th place overall before this stage. The Tour also lost its best sprinter, Lorena Wiebes, winner of the 3rd stage in Montignac and 2nd in Clermont on the first day of the race, but not a starter due to stomach ailments. On Friday, the peloton will link Albi to Blagnac in Haute-Garonne.
Published on: 07/27/2023 – 17:41Modified on: 07/27/2023 – 19:08
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Ricarda Bauernfeind during the fifth stage of the Tour de France Women, Thursday July 27, 2023. ASO/Thomas Maheux – Thomas Maheux
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