La Vuelta Femenina stage 5 LIVE: One last hurrah for the sprinters, or can the breakaway finally make it?

And we’re rolling for 6.9km of neutralised riding.

After finally winning a stage, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) is the overall leader. But who’s close behind? And what about the other jerseys?
Who is leading what after stage 4?

The neutralised start was delayed by five minutes for stage 4, so maybe it will be today.

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Today is arguably the easiest of the whole week, but things never work out that way.
The climbing starts to ramp up before the final weekend onslaught.

Before we get going, how exciting was stage 4? A nail-biting, will-they-won’t-they pursuit of the day’s breakaway.
Lotte Kopecky finally won, bonus points helped her claim the race lead.

Sign on is well under way in León. UAE Team ADQ lead the teams classification.

We’ve headed east, leaving Galicia for Castile y León, for a slightly earlier start. We’re due to roll out of León at 13:55 for 6.9km of neutral before the 119.6km stage to Astorga.

Good afternoon, we’re back for stage 5 of the La Vuelta Femenina, welcome along for our live coverage.