Tour de France Femmes: Kastelijn wins stage 4

Liane Lippert had to break off contact with the group of favourites on the penultimate climb of the 177.1 kilometre fourth stage from Cahors to Rodez and finished in 19th place.

Tour de France Femmes: Kopecky defends yellow jersey

The yellow jersey continues to be worn by Belgian Lotte Kopecky, who finished 1:27 minutes behind the Dutch stage winner Yara Kastelijn. Demi Vollering is now second overall, having closed the gap to her compatriot to 43 seconds thanks to her second place on Wednesday.

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Lippert, who won the second stage on Monday, is 1:39 minutes behind. Kastelijn had originally broken away with a 14-strong group and had built up a lead of over ten minutes in the meantime.

Tour de France Femmes 2023 - Results: The top 10 of stage 4

• 1st Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) 04:38:39

• 2nd Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) +1:11

• 3rd Anouska Koster (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) +1:12

• 4th Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) +1:13

• 5th Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) +1:13

• 6th Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) +1:13

• 7th Asleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) +1:13

• 8th Celia Le Mouel (St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93) +1:13

• 9th Kathrin Hammes (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) +1:23

• 10th Maria Alice Atzuffi (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team) +1:23

The overall standings

• 1st Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx) 15:47:25

• 2nd Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) +0:43

• 3rd Asleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) +0:51

• 4th Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) +0:51

• 5th Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) +0:51

• 6th Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) +0:51

• 7th Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) +1:00

• 8th Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) +1:39

• 9th Juliette Labous (dsm-firmenich) +1:48

• 10th Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez) +1:49

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