Wiebes was again the strongest in a mass sprint after a stage over 125 kilometers. She celebrated her 21st victory of this season and the 114th in her career. The Italian Chiara Consonni finished second, just before the Belgian Shari Bossuyt.
Olav Kooij leaves a chance on Hattrick: Sprinter is successful lead-out Matthew Brennan in Tour of Britain
The peloton repeatedly broke in several pieces due to the wind that had free play in Noord-Holland. For attackers it turned out to be impossible to escape from the peloton for a long time.
General classification
In the general classification, Wiebes has 30 seconds ahead of the American Megan Jastrab. The Italian Elisa Balsamo is third at 34 seconds.
The Simac Ladies Tour lasts until Sunday. The last five stages of the six -day stage race take place in the Netherlands. On Saturday there is an individual time trial over 10.2 kilometers from Doetinchem to Westendorp on the program.
Grégoire wins stage and takes leader’s jersey in Great Britain
Romain Grégoire has won the fourth stage of the Tour of Great Britain. The Frenchman of Groupama – FDJ beat his countryman Julian Alaphilippe in a sprint uphill. The Italian Edoardo Zambanini finished third in a ride over 186 kilometers from Aherstone to Burton Dassett.
Remco Evenepoel could not get involved in the battle for the stage victory. The Belgian returned to the Peloton last week after his assignment in the Tour de France. The Olympic champion attacked for a moment during the first of three passages of the largest slope of Burton Dassett Hills Country Park. He finished nineteenth in the same time as Zambanini.
Olav Kooij could not follow the thinned peloton on the hilly course. The winner of the first and second stage lost his leader’s jersey to stage winner Grégoire. Matthew Brennan is second in the general classification. The British teammate of Kooij near Visma – Lease has a 2 -second backlog on Grégoire. Brennan won the third stage of the Tour of Great Britain.