As it happened: Huge crash influences the GC and the stage as yellow jersey changes hands

Kasia Niewiadoma (CSR) was perfectly placed in the finale and her team were already pushing hard when the crash happened. She takes yellow by a small 19″ margin over Olympic champion, Kristen Faulkner (EFO). 

It is a bittersweet day for SD Worx-Protime. They take the stage with Blanka Vas, biggest win of her career not so long after narrowly missing out on an Olympic medal. But, Demi Vollering loses yellow. 

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>>> Tour de France Femmes: Blanka Vas wins stage 5 as Vollering loses yellow jersey after crash 

General Classification after stage five

1. Kasia Niewiadoma (POL) Canyon-SRAM 11:27’29”
2. Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF-Oatly-Cannondale +19″
3. Puck Pieterse (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck +22″
4. Cedrine Kerbaol (FRA) Cereatizit-WNT +47″
5. Juliette Labous (FRA) DSM-Firmenich-PostNL +56″
6. Thalita De Jong (NED) Lotto-DSTNY +1’04”
7. Shirin van Anrooij (NED) Lidl-Trek +1’07”
8. Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck +1’08”
9. Demi Vollering (NED) SD Worx-Protime +1’19”
10. Liane Lippert (GER) Movistar +1’20”

Stage five top 10

1. Blanka Vas (HUN) SD Worx-Protime 3:46’51”
2. Kasia Niewiadoma (POL) Canyon-SRAM
3. Liane Lippert (GER) Movistar
4. Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF-Oatly-Cannondale all S.T.
5. Emma Norsgaard (DEN) Movistar +8″
6. Lucinda Brand (NED) Lidl-Trek +11″
7. Cedrine Kerbaol (FRA) Ceratizit-WNT S.T.
8. Lorena Wiebes (NED) SD Worx-Protime +28″
9. Marianne Vos (NED) Visma-Lease a BIke
10. Evita Muzic (FRA) FDJ-Suez all S.T.

Demi Vollering (SDW) loses 1’46” to Niewiadoma (CSR), so around 1’10” between them on the new general classification. 

Blanka Vas (SDW) wins stage five of the Tour de France Femmes 2024! 

Kasia Niewiadoma (CSR) is the new yellow jersey!

Attack

Kristen Faulkner (EFO)

Vas (SDW) closes it down with Niewiadoma (CSR) and Lippert (MOV) following. 

Flamme Rouge

Emma Norsgaard (MOV) leads into the final 1000 metres. 

Attack!

Kasia Niewiadome (CSR)

She is going all in for the stage and the yellow jersey but not…