Lucinda Brand wins the fourth stage of the Internationale LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour 2024 ©Lidl-Trek
E’ Lucinda Brand the winner of the fourth stage of theInternational LOTTO Thuringia Ladies Tour 2024: the Lidl-Trek cyclist beat her compatriots in the sprint Karlijn Swinkels e Mischa Bredewoldregulating the group of sixteen that played for the victory. This is the twenty-eighth career victory for Brand, the second of the season after the Elmos Straight through the Hageland where it won three weeks ago.
Internationale LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour, the chronicle of the fourth stage
With four relatively easy mountain climbs, the 111.4 km long stage with start and finish in the capital of Thuringia, Mühlhausenhowever, it presented itself as the most challenging of the six planned.
The start was very cautious, with no one taking the initiative after about thirty kilometres, on the second GPM of the day, when the nineteen year old Mirre Knaven (EF Education-Cannondale) lit the fuse: he fought back a group of con con Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime), Christine Majerus (SD Worx-Protime), Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek), Karlijn Swinkels (UAE ADQ), Catherine Unknown (Canyon//SRAM), Amber Crack (Dutch national), Sarah Giant (AG Insurance-Soudal), Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health), Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels Women’s), Brodie Chapman (Lidl-Trek), Carlotta Cipressi (ADQ UAE).
Being Edwards second in the standings with only 4″ of delay, behind began a frantic chase of the leader VolkerWessels Margot Vanpachtenbekewho at a certain point even had to get to work himself, until other teams also collaborated (including AG Insurance), closing the gap to around -35. My little Geurts then immediately tried another extension, followed and reached shortly by The unknown, who left her on the spot to then be joined by herself GiganteThe chase was very long and the VolkerWessels she soon left alone Vanpachtenbekeas Lidl-Trek did, which was aiming for Lucinda Brandtook charge of chasing the Polish athlete, closing on her at around -5. Karlijn Swinkels he tried to anticipate the sprint, which was then passed by Brand in the last hundred metres. The continental champion placed third Mischa Bredewoldin the octave Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Cannondale).
Vanpachtenbeke still leader, time trial tomorrow
Vanpachtenbeke he thus escaped the remaining leader of the general classification with 4″ on Edwards and 2’34” up Bredewoldhowever tomorrow she will be called to another tough test, namely the individual time trial with start and finish at Altenburg. In the 31.5 km of the test the only difficulty will be the cobbled climb of Zschechwitz700 meters long and with a 6% gradient.
