{"id":725001,"date":"2026-08-02T21:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725001\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:49:10","slug":"i-was-trying-to-surf-wheels-pauline-ferrand-prevot-supports-marianne-vos-through-tour-de-france-femmes-geneva-sprint-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/725001\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I was trying to surf wheels’ \u2013 Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot supports Marianne Vos through Tour de France Femmes Geneva sprint finish"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not every day one gets a leadout from the defending champion of the Tour de France Femmes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Marianne Vos<\/a> revealed that she relied on her Visma-Lease a Bike teammate Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/a> to bring her into position to sprint against Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) on stage 2 into Geneva on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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In the end, she was no match for her compatriot, finishing third behind Wiebes, who secured a commanding second consecutive victory<\/a>, and runner-up Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek).<\/p>\n

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“Pauline brought me to the front, and I was trying to surf wheels because it was a bit chaotic, but that’s sprinting, I guess,” Vos said in a post-race interview at the finish line.<\/p>\n

“Wiebes, when she finds her way out, she is the fastest. A strong win.”<\/p>\n

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Vos also praised late-race breakaway rider Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek), who held off a determined SD Worx-Protime squad in the final kilometres of the race, only getting caught a few hundred metres from the line.<\/p>\n

“It was an impressive ride by Riejanne because we were really, really going fast,” Vos said.<\/p>\n

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While she gave credit to Visma-Lease a Bike for a job well done, too, she said SD Worx-Protime’s performance<\/a> to bring Wiebes a second victory showed strong teamwork in reeling in an early breakaway which included Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels), Yuliia Biriukova (Laboral Kutxa-Fundaci\u00f3n Euskadi), Carlotta Cipressi (Human Powered Health), Eva Comte (Cofidis) and Anouska Koster (Uno-X Mobility).<\/p>\n

And then, again, as they burned the entire team<\/a> to bring back Markus just before the final straight in support of the yellow jersey.<\/p>\n

“Our team did a great job today, but also their team was really good, chasing the breakaway and then, in the end, Riejanne,” Vos said.<\/p>\n

Asked if she believes Wiebes could win a third consecutive stage on Monday’s stage 3, a 156.5km hilly race from Geneva to Poligny, Vos said, “We will see.”<\/p>\n

“I think we saw yesterday how strong Wiebes is on the climbs. We will see; tomorrow is tough, with the longer climbs from the start, so we will see what happens.”<\/p>\n

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