Thuringen Rundfahrt der Frauen: Vos wins stage 5 in Greiz

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Marianne Vos (Rabo Liv) won her third stage at the Thuringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, this time winning the stage 5 sprint ahead of Elena Cecchini (Canyon-SRAM) and Annemiek Van Vleuten (Orica-AIS) in Greiz.

Ellen Van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans) retained her lead in the overall classification by 13 seconds ahead of Van Vleuten and 30 seconds ahead of Vos.

The fifth stage of the Thuringen Rundfahrt der Frauen was 122km in Greiz. It started out on challenging terrain with several hills that split the field. Those that did not reach the final circuits within a certain time limit were forced to stop as not to be lapped on the circuit by the front groups.

Olena Pavluchina (BTC) started a breakaway and picked up 20 seconds on the field, followed by Eugenia Bujak, who is leading the mountain classification. Following the mountain sprint, the field came back together in time for Lotta Lepisto to secure more points in the intermediate sprint classification.

The next breakaway involved Linda Villumsen (UHC) and Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS), who gained 1:52 on the field. They were caught and a new group of eight emerged with Vos, Cecchini, Van Vleuten, Coryn Rivera (UHC), Olga Zabelinskaya (Russia), Rachel Neylan (Orica-AIS), Lisa Brennauer (Canyon-SRAM) and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Cervelo-Bigla).

Vos proved to be the fastest and won the small group sprint to the line.

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