Tour de France Femmes: Wiebes wins stage 3 - Lippert still second overall

Tour de France Femmes: Liane Lippert still in second place

The 25-year-old from Friedrichshafen crossed the finish line with the peloton on the third stage over 147.2 kilometres from Collonges-la-Rouge to Montignac-Lascaux and is now 55 seconds behind the Belgian overall leader Lotte Kopecky, who also gained six seconds thanks to the bonus seconds.

Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes secured the stage win in the sprint ahead of her compatriot Marianne Vos. Lippert had won the second stage the day before and secured the first German victory in the women's Tour de France, which was newly established in 2022.

Tour de France Femmes 2023 - Results: The top 10 of stage 3

• 1st Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx) 3:49:47

• 2nd Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) +0:00

• 3rd Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx) +0:00

• 4th Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) +0:00

• 5th Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) +0:00

• 6th Alexandra Manly (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:00

• 7th Charlotte Kool (Team dsm-firmenich) +0:00

• 8th Susanne Andersen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) +0:00

• 9th Soraya Paladin (CANYON//SRAM Racing) +0:02

• 10th Julie De Wilde (Fenix-Deceuninck) +0:02

The top 10 in the overall standings

• 1st Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx) 11:07:19

• 2nd Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) +0:55

• 3rd Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) +1:05

• 4th Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) +1:05

• 5th Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) +1:05

• 6th Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) +1:05

• 7th Tamara Dronova (Israel-Premier Tech Roland) +1:05

• 8th Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) +1:05

• 9th Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ) +1:05

• 10th Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek) +1:09

Women's Tour de France: Breakaway caught shortly before the finish

Belgian rider Julie van de Velde was the tragic figure, having led the field for almost 60 kilometres before being overtaken on the home straight.

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The second edition of the women's cycling tour started on Sunday in Clermont-Ferrand. Over eight stages, the Tour de France Femmes 2023 will lead through the south-west of France and finish next Sunday in Pau.

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