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Loren Rowney won the fourth stage of La Route de France on Thursday in Louhans-Chateaurenaud. Riding for the Australian national team, Rowney won the sprint to the finish line ahead of compatriot Annette Edmondson (Wiggle-Honda) and Roxane Fournier (Poitou-Charantes-Futuroscope).
Overall leader Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle-Honda) managed to finish sixth, three seconds back, and maintained her hold on the leader’s jersey. The small splits in the peloton allowed the Italian to extend her lead over Amy Pieters (Team Liv-Plantur), who sits in second place at four seconds back and Eugenia Bujak (BTC City Ljubljana) is in third, seven seconds back. “Tomorrow it’s all about defending the yellow as we go into the mountains!" said Longo Borghini's teammate and runner-up on the day Edmondson.
The penultimate stage 5 will offer a 87.4km race from Vesoul to La Planche des Belles Filles on Friday. The race will conclude and the overall winner decided at the end of stage 6 on Saturday following a 116.4km race from Soultzmatt to Guebwiller.
Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | 2:32:31 |
| 2 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle Honda | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | 0:00:01 |
| 4 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | 0:00:03 |
| 6 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:00:05 |
| 11 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Spela Kern (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| 52 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| 53 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:00:16 |
| 55 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Jaime Nielsen (NZl) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:19 |
| 57 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:23 |
| 60 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | 0:00:26 |
| 63 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | 0:00:35 |
| 75 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:45 |
| 79 | Lindsay Marie Fox (USA) Bepink Laclassica | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:47 |
| 81 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:01:26 |
| 82 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:05 |
| 83 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:01:53 |
| 84 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| 85 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:02:48 |
| 86 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | 0:03:21 |
| DNF | Martina Ritter (Aut) Btc City Ljubljana | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Saartje Vandenbroucke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Dafné Therous Izquierdo (Can) Lointek Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Nel De Crits (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 8 | pts |
| 2 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 11:29:43 |
| 2 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:00:04 |
| 3 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:07 |
| 4 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 0:00:10 |
| 5 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:13 |
| 6 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:00:15 |
| 7 | Carlee Taylor (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:00:21 |
| 8 | Jessie Daams (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Polona Batagelj (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:00:22 |
| 10 | Amber Neben (USA) Bepink Laclassica | 0:00:25 |
| 11 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | 0:00:27 |
| 12 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Mayuko Hagiwara (Jpn) Wiggle Honda | 0:00:30 |
| 14 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.90 | 0:00:33 |
| 15 | Amélie Rivat (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | 0:00:35 |
| 16 | Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:00:36 |
| 18 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:45 |
| 19 | Daiva Tuslaite (Ltu) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:00:53 |
| 20 | Jasmin Glaesser (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:00:56 |
| 21 | Anna Potokina (Rus) Russia | 0:01:03 |
| 22 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Russia | 0:01:15 |
| 23 | Ursa Pintar (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:02:06 |
| 24 | Loren Rowney (Aus) Australia | 0:02:18 |
| 25 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:02:20 |
| 26 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | 0:02:21 |
| 27 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.89 | 0:02:24 |
| 28 | Anna Ramirez Bauxel (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:02:25 |
| 29 | Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Lointek Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:02:26 |
| 31 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:02:38 |
| 32 | Marion Sicot (Fra) France | 0:02:46 |
| 33 | Spela Kern (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 0:03:34 |
| 34 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:03:42 |
| 35 | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:03:55 |
| 36 | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:03:56 |
| 37 | Larisa Pankova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:04:03 |
| 38 | Jaime Nielsen (NZl) Bepink Laclassica | 0:04:04 |
| 39 | Ingrid Lorvik (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:04:05 |
| 40 | Silvia Valsecchi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:04:12 |
| 41 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:04:13 |
| 42 | Marina Likhanova (Rus) Russia | 0:04:27 |
| 43 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:04:48 |
| 44 | Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:05:07 |
| 45 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:05:23 |
| 46 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) Wiggle Honda | 0:05:32 |
| 47 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 0:05:57 |
| 48 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.87 | 0:06:08 |
| 49 | Amy Cure (Aus) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:06:10 |
| 50 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | 0:06:15 |
| 51 | Belen Lopez Morales (Spa) Lointek Team | 0:06:17 |
| 52 | Samara Sheppard (NZl) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:06:23 |
| 53 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:06:29 |
| 54 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:06:34 |
| 55 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 0:06:39 |
| 56 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:07:00 |
| 57 | Tatiana Shamanova (Rus) Russia | 0:07:31 |
| 58 | Fanny Leleu (Fra) France | 0:07:41 |
| 59 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:09:00 |
| 60 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:09:01 |
| 61 | Kimberley Wells (Aus) Australia | 0:09:02 |
| 62 | Elena Utrobina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:09:03 |
| 63 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | 0:09:04 |
| 64 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:09:06 |
| 65 | Fiona Dutriaux (Fra) France | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:09:12 |
| 67 | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:09:15 |
| 69 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:09:16 |
| 70 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle Honda | 0:09:22 |
| 71 | Olga Dobrynina (Rus) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:09:29 |
| 72 | Isabelle Beckers (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:09:43 |
| 73 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:09:45 |
| 74 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:09:50 |
| 75 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:09:58 |
| 76 | Willeke Knol (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:10:44 |
| 77 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:10:49 |
| 78 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:10:56 |
| 79 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:12:00 |
| 80 | Coralie Demay (Fra) France | 0:19:02 |
| 81 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:19:18 |
| 82 | Tone Hatteland Lima (Nor) Hitec Products | 0:20:02 |
| 83 | Lindsay Marie Fox (USA) Bepink Laclassica | 0:20:18 |
| 84 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:21:37 |
| 85 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:21:44 |
| 86 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:23:23 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 18 | pts |
| 2 | Brianna Walle (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 14 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda | 11 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) Btc City Ljubljana | 4 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Liv - Plantur | 3 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Claudia Lichtenberg (Ger) Team Liv - Plantur | 3 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Maura Kinsella (USA) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | 1 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Spela Kern (Slo) Btc City Ljubljana | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Australia | 11:30:10 |
| 2 | Molly Weavers (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:00:09 |
| 3 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:01:53 |
| 4 | Eider Merino Kortazar (Spa) Lointek Team | 0:01:54 |
| 5 | Carolina Rodriguez Gutierrez (Spa) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:02:11 |
| 6 | Ana Maria Covrig (Rom) Bepink Laclassica | 0:03:15 |
| 7 | Emilie Rochedy (Fra) France | 0:03:46 |
| 8 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.88 | 0:05:48 |
| 9 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.91 | 0:06:02 |
| 10 | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia - Durango | 0:06:07 |
| 11 | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) Australia | 0:06:12 |
| 12 | Manon Souyris (Fra) France | 0:06:33 |
| 13 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | 0:08:33 |
| 14 | Lucy Garner (GBr) Team Liv - Plantur | 0:08:34 |
| 15 | Jessica Mundy (Aus) Australia | 0:08:37 |
| 16 | Ariane Horbach (Ger) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:08:45 |
| 17 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:08:49 |
| 18 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:09:18 |
| 19 | Shannon Malseed (Aus) Australia | 0:09:23 |
| 20 | Angela Maffeis (Ita) Inpa Sottoli Giusfredi | 0:09:31 |
| 21 | Annie Ewart (Can) Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies | 0:10:22 |
| 22 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:10:29 |
| 23 | Anna Christian (GBr) Wiggle Honda | 0:11:33 |
| 24 | Soline Lamboley (Fra) Lointek Team | 0:18:51 |
| 25 | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink Laclassica | 0:21:10 |
| 26 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Rus) Astana - Acca Due O | 0:21:17 |
| 27 | Jesst Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo | 0:22:56 |
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