Pieterse wins stage four of Tour de France Femmes

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Dutch rider Puck Pieterse won shape 4 of nan Tour de France Femmes arsenic wide leader Demi Vollering took 2nd spot successful a photograph finish.

Pieterse vanished nan 122.7km thrust from Valkenburg to Liege successful a clip of 3 hours 12 minutes 28 seconds, arsenic she pipped Vollering connected nan line.

The 22-year-old's triumph was her first successful a roadworthy title and lifted her to 2nd successful nan standings - 22 seconds down her compatriot.

It gave her nan champion young rider's achromatic jersey and nan polka dot climb jersey.

Kasia Niewiadoma of Poland vanished nan shape successful 3rd and she trails Vollering by 34 seconds successful nan wide classification, while Olympic roadworthy title champion Kristen Faulkner of nan United States sits fourth.

Pieterse said: "It's rather unbelievable, actually. To return nan triumph here, successful a sprint against Demi is simply a dream travel true."

Niewiadoma was pinch nan Dutch duo arsenic they entered nan last kilometre of nan title and launched nan dash early pinch nan trio hitting 57km/h aft a hilly day.

However, she peaked excessively soon which allowed Pieterse to unfastened a mini lead arsenic defending champion Vollering near her ain complaint a fraction excessively late.

Thursday's shape 5 is simply a 152.5km level thrust from Bastogne to Amneville arsenic nan title reaches France aft spending nan opening 3 days successful nan Netherlands and Belgium.