La Vuelta Femenina stage 4 LIVE: The race heads into the climbs, but have we seen the last of the sprinters?

Annelies Nijssen (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies) and MArine Allione (Mayenne-Monbana My Pie) arę away. The pair have 48 seconds over the peloton.

The day's first climb comes early in the day, the Alto de Oural starting after 14.1km and covers 5..4km at an average gradient of 4.7%. We're almost there now.

Don't worry, another group is now up the road.

Four women attacked, but Maud Oudeman (Visma-Lease a Bike), Aniek van Alphen (Fenix-Premier Tech, Ana Vitoriá Magalhāes (Movistar) and Francesca Hall (Mayenne-Monbana My Pie) weren't allowed to get too far.

We're now almost 10km into the race, but who doesn't want to see the roll out?

We have two riders up the road! No names just yet.

Attack!

Despite it being another lumpy old day, we could get another sprint finish.
Will Kopecky finally get her stage win?

There are 118 riders in the bunch, with no attacks able to gain any traction so far.

Let's go racing!
The flag has dropped and the race is on. It's another shortish stage, so will we get an early break or will there be a big fight to get away?

The race is on

There's little change in the weather for today's stage, the forecast says the high temperature will be around 16º, with some rain possible and light winds from the north.

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-SUEZ) is leading the race, but what about the other classifications?
Who's where at the Vuelta Femenina?

We're rolling for the almost 5km of neutralised start before the racing begins.

It's sign on time for UAE Team ADQ, today could be good for Paula Blasi.

It's not been such a great season for the once all-conquering SD Worx-Protime squad. There or there abouts all the time, they're not winning too much.

Lotte Kopecky took another second place on Tuesday and says, "Things are really not going our way."

What does pre-race favourite Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney think of the race so far?

Once again, we roll out at 14:05 today, leaving Monforte de Lemos and it's lumpy from the start. The 115.3km stage climbs 2,002m of elevation with two third classified climbs before the finish in Antas de Ulla.

Tuesday's third stage was a cracker, with EF Education-Oatly attacking repeatedly and Cedrine Kerbaol taking the win.
The French woman took her win with a late solo raid.

Hello once more and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of the 2026 La Vuelta Femenina. today is stage 4, between Monforte de Lemos and Antas de Ulla.