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Reusser Seizes Tour de France Femmes Yellow Jersey
4 Aug
Summary
- Marlen Reusser won stage four individual time trial by four seconds.
- Reusser took the yellow jersey from previous leader Sigrid Haugset.
- Demi Vollering trails Reusser by 14 seconds in general classification.
Marlen Reusser, the reigning world time trial champion, secured a significant victory on stage four of the Tour de France Femmes, taking the coveted yellow jersey. The Swiss rider completed the challenging 21km individual time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in 27 minutes and 30 seconds.
Reusser's dominant performance placed her 14 seconds ahead of former champion Demi Vollering in the general classification. Lieke Nooijen finished second on the stage, four seconds behind Reusser, while Vollering took third. The previous leader, Sigrid Haugset, finished more than three minutes behind Reusser, slipping to fourth overall.
"I'm super, super happy... it's the first Tour de France that I really saw as my goal of the year that I really targeted," expressed a jubilant Reusser. The race continues with a hilly 140km stage from Mâcon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
