Tour de France Femmes 2022: Vos wins from breakaway to take yellow

foto: Cor VosMarianne Vos, Elisa Balsamo, Elisa Longo Borghini, Silvia Persico and Katarzyna Niewiadoma rejoin attacker Maike van der Duin in the finale of the 2nd stage. The Dutch icon sprints to victory and the yellow jersey. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 2nd stage 2022 Tour de France Femmes

1. Marianne Vos (nld)
2. Silvia Persico (ita) s.t.
3. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pol) s.t.
4. Elisa Longo Borghini (ita) + 0.02
5. Maike van der Duin (nld) + 0.12
6. Lorena Wiebes (nld) + 0.29
7. Julie De Wilde (bel) s.t.
8. Rachele Barbieri (ita) s.t.
9. Lotte Kopecky (bel) s.t.
10. Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ita) s.t.

11. Mavi García (spa) s.t.
12. Demi Vollering (nld) s.t.
16. Juliette Labous (fra) + 0.34
18. Ashleigh Moolman (rsa) s.t.
29. Annemiek van Vleuten (nld) s.t.
97. Kristen Faulkner (usa) + 3.48

GC after stage 2
1. Marianne Vos (nld)
2. Silvia Persico (ita) + 0.10
3. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pol) + 0.12
4. Elisa Longo Borghini (ita) + 0.18
5. Maike van der Duin (nld) + 0.28
6. Lorena Wiebes (nld) + 0.35
7. Lotte Kopecky (bel) + 0.41
8. Rachele Barbieri (ita) + 0.45
9. Julie De Wilde (bel) s.t.
10. Demi Vollering (nld) s.t.

12. Mavi García (spa) s.t.
17. Juliette Labous (fra) + 0.50
18. Annemiek van Vleuten (nld) s.t.
19. Ashleigh Moolman (rsa) s.t.

Race report
Sabrina Stultiens, Femke Gerritse, Rotem Gafinovitz and Marit Raaijmakers establish the breakaway early on. The four carve out a lead of 3 minutes.

The four are brought back with 78 kilometres remaining. Nothing happens until Maike van der Duin sneaks away 55 kilometres later. Moments later a huge crash takes down Marta Cavalli. She continues the race, but will not reach the finish line.

After the first finish passage – with almost 20 kilometres to go – Marianne Vos, Elisa Balsamo, Elisa Longo Borghini, Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Silvia Persico rejoin Van der Duin. While the field is ripped apart by echelons, the leaders open up a gap of 40 seconds.

Balsamo drops back in the last kilometres before Vos outguns Persico and Niewiadoma on the uphill finish. The Dutch icon moves in the maillot jaune.

Another interesting read: route 2nd stage 2022 Tour de France Femmes.