Cycling, Tour women: Wiebes wins, Balsamo second after the big fall

Lorena Wiebes, again her. Two sprints in the first 5 stages of the Women’s Tour, two victories for the 23-year-old Dutchwoman of Team DSM who at the finish in Saint Dié des Vosges (175.6 km starting from Bar le Duc) dominated the sprint and legitimized the green jersey that leads from the first stage, the one with the success of the Elysian Fields. A sprint that saw the Dutch sprinter precede the world champion Elisa Balsamo. In third place the yellow jersey of Marianne Vos (Jumbo Visma). In the first eight places of the fifth stage 5 Italians. In addition to the Trek-Segafredo sprinter, fourth place for Rachele Barbieri (Liv Racing Xstra), sixth for Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ceratizit-Wnt Pro Cycling), seventh for Silvia Persico (Valcar) and eighth for Vittoria Guazzini (Fdj).

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The discordant note of the stage is the “unexpected” that hit Elisa Longo Borghini, a mishap that forced the Trek-Segafredo captain to lose 13 ”in the standings. The blue at the last kilometer went straight to one of the last corners. She couldn’t help Balsamo in the sprint and lost 13 ”. Now Longo Borghini is in 4th place at 34 ”. Vos remains in the yellow jersey with 20 ”over Persico and Niewiadoma. A fraction that saw the maxi fall 40 km from the finish and the disqualification for the Italian Malcotti for irregular assistance.