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The Guardian
a day ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Tour de France Femmes 2025: stage five sets longest test into Massif Central
Update: Date: 2025-07-30T10:35:58.000Z Title: Preamble Content: The profile of stage five, between Chasseneuil-du-Poitou and Guéret, looks ripe for a breakaway in the final: there are three categorised climbs inside the last 36km, two category fours and one category three, after a relatively flat 130km or so. However, the location of the day's intermediate sprint, at Dun-le-Palestel after 127km, may lead certain teams to try and control the race until then. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx–Protime), who leads the green jersey standings after two stage wins in two days, said yesterday she may try to get in breakaways to fight for more points. But perhaps Marianne Vos, the overall leader and yellow-jersey wearer, and her Visma-Lease A Bike team will lend a hand in controlling things. At 165.8km, this transitional stage is the longest of this year's race. It will be interesting to see how fierce the battle to form an early breakaway becomes, because there are already plenty of tired bodies in the peloton, with a few teams and riders hoping for a relatively easy day with a non-threatening breakaway allowed up the road. This being the Tour de France Femmes, though, it'll probably be flat-out all the way. Stage start time: 12.35pm UK/1.35pm local
LeMonde
a day ago
- Sport
- LeMonde
Tour de France Femmes 2025 : le classement général complet après la 4e étape
Bis repetita pour les Néerlandaises Lorena Wiebes et Marianne Vos. Comme la veille à Angers, la première a devancé la seconde au sprint pour s'offrir la victoire sur la 4 e étape, à Poitiers, mardi 29 juillet. Mais la coureuse de la Visma-Lease a bike conserve son maillot jaune. Marianne Vos (Pays-Bas ; Team Visma-Lease a bike) 11 h 13 min 11 s Lorena Wiebes (Pays-Bas ; SD Work-Protime) + 12 s Kim Le Court De Billot (Maurice ; AG Insurance - Soudal Team) + 12 s Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France ; Team Visma-Lease a bike) + 18 s Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pologne ; Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto) + 22 s Demi Vollering (Pays-Bas ; FDJ-Suez) + 25 s Anna Van Der Breggen (Pays-Bas ; SD Work-Protime) + 27 s Puck Pieterse (Pays-Bas ; Fenix-Deceuninck) + 27 s Mary Niamh Fisher-Black (Nouvelle-Zélande ; Lidl-Trek) + 31 s Chloe Dygert (Etats-Unis ; Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto) + 31 s Katrine Aalerud (Norvège ; Uno-X Mobility) + 38 s Eline Jansen (Pays-Bas ; VolkerWessels) + 39 s Cédrine Kerbaol (France ; EF Education-Oatly) + 39 s Evita Muzic (France ; FDJ-Suez) + 39 s Pauliena Rooijakkers (Pays-Bas ; Fenix-Deceuninck) + 41 s Elise Chabbey (Suisse ; FDJ-Suez) + 42 s Pfeiffer Georgi (Royaume-Uni ; Picnic-PostNL) + 48 s Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Norvège ; Uno-X Mobility) + 51 s Sarah Gigante (Australie ; AG Insurance - Soudal Team) + 51 s Julie Bego (France ; Cofidis) + 1 min 00 s Juliette Labous (France ; FDJ-Suez) + 1 min 00 s Lotte Claes (Belgique ; Arkéa-B & B Hotels) + 1 min 04 s Dominika Wlodarczyk (Pologne ; UAE Team-ADQ) + 1 min 11 s Ella Wyllie (Nouvelle-Zélande ; Liv-AlUla-Jayco) + 1 min 16 s Nienke Vinke (Pays-Bas ; Picnic-PostNL) + 1 min 22 s Mona Mitterwallner (Autriche ; Human Powered Health) + 1 min 22 s Lily Williams (Etats-Unis ; Human Powered Health) + 1 min 26 s Monica Trinca Colonel (Italie ; Liv-AlUla-Jayco) + 1 min 42 s Ane Santesteban Gonzalez (Espagne ; Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) + 1 min 55 s Cecilie Ludwig (Danemark ; Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto) + 1 min 56 s Noemi Rüegg (Suisse ; EF Education-Oatly) + 2 min 12 s Barbara Malcotti (Italie ; Human Powered Health) + 2 min 13 s Letizia Paternoster (Italie ; Liv-AlUla-Jayco) + 2 min 29 s Justine Ghekiere (Belgique ; AG Insurance - Soudal Team) + 2 min 43 s Lotte Kopecky (Belgique ; SD Work-Protime) + 3 min 54 s Elisa Balsamo (Italie ; Lidl-Trek) + 4 min 04 s Femke De Vries (Pays-Bas ; Team Visma-Lease a bike) + 4 min 23 s Mavi Garcia (Espagne ; Liv-AlUla-Jayco) + 5 min 00 s Marion Bunel (France ; Team Visma-Lease a bike) + 5 min 49 s Franziska Koch (Allemagne ; Picnic-PostNL) + 5 min 54 s Yara Kastelijn (Pays-Bas ; Fenix-Deceuninck) + 6 min 00 s Riejanne Markus (Pays-Bas ; Lidl-Trek) + 6 min 03 s Megan Jastrab (Etats-Unis ; Picnic-PostNL) + 6 min 04 s Soraya Paladin (Italie ; Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto) + 6 min 12 s Célia Le Mouel (France ; Ceratizit Pro) + 6 min 54 s Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Belgique ; VolkerWessels) + 7 min 04 s Liane Lippert (Allemagne ; Movistar) + 7 min 06 s Shirin Van Anrooij (Pays-Bas ; Lidl-Trek) + 7 min 20 s Silke Smulders (Pays-Bas ; Liv-AlUla-Jayco) + 7 min 56 s Maeva Squiban (France ; UAE Team-ADQ) + 8 min 23 s Francesca Barale (Italie ; Picnic-PostNL) + 8 min 24 s Usoa Ostolaza Zabala (Espagne ; Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) + 8 min 46 s Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Australie ; Liv-AlUla-Jayco) + 9 min 26 s Morgane Coston (France ; Roland Le Dévoluy) + 9 min 56 s Sarah Van Dam (Canada ; Ceratizit Pro) + 10 min 02 s Eva Van Agt (Pays-Bas ; Team Visma-Lease a bike) + 10 min 38 s Titia Ryo (France ; Arkéa-B & B Hotels) + 10 min 39 s Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (Canada ; EF Education-Oatly) + 11 min 04 s Lieke Nooijen (Pays-Bas ; Team Visma-Lease a bike) + 11 min 05 s Ruth Edwards (Etats-Unis ; Human Powered Health) + 11 min 25 s Imogen Wolff (Royaume-Uni ; Team Visma-Lease a bike) + 11 min 28 s Dilyxine Miermont (France ; Ceratizit Pro) + 11 min 30 s Lucinda Brand (Pays-Bas ; Lidl-Trek) + 12 min 03 s Alison Jackson (Canada ; EF Education-Oatly) + 12 min 11 s Mareille Meijering (Pays-Bas ; Movistar) + 12 min 12 s Ricarda Bauernfeind (Allemagne ; Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto) + 13 min 15 s Blanka Vas (Hongrie ; SD Work-Protime) + 13 min 19 s Letizia Borghesi (Italie ; EF Education-Oatly) + 13 min 39 s Susanne Andersen (Norvège ; Uno-X Mobility) + 13 min 41 s Maud Rijnbeek (Pays-Bas ; VolkerWessels) + 13 min 47 s Amber Kraak (Pays-Bas ; FDJ-Suez) + 13 min 58 s Shari Bossuyt (Belgique ; AG Insurance - Soudal Team) + 14 min 20 s Christina Schweinberger (Autriche ; Fenix-Deceuninck) + 14 min 22 s Emilie Morier (France ; St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 WE) + 14 min 24 s Karlijn Swinkels (Pays-Bas ; UAE Team-ADQ) + 14 min 47 s Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Italie ; Uno-X Mobility) + 14 min 52 s Anneke Dijkstra (Pays-Bas ; VolkerWessels) + 14 min 54 s Lauretta Hanson (Australie ; Lidl-Trek) + 15 min 06 s Linda Zanetti (Suisse ; Uno-X Mobility) + 15 min 28 s Petra Stiasny (Suisse ; Roland Le Dévoluy) + 15 min 50 s Elena Hartmann (Suisse ; Ceratizit Pro) + 15 min 50 s Daniek Hengeveld (Pays-Bas ; Ceratizit Pro) + 16 min 06 s Amalie Dideriksen (Danemark ; Cofidis) + 16 min 13 s Marie Le Net (France ; FDJ-Suez) + 16 min 15 s Jeanne Korevaar (Pays-Bas ; Liv-AlUla-Jayco) + 16 min 42 s Marit Raaijmakers (Pays-Bas ; Human Powered Health) + 16 min 47 s Flora Perkins (Royaume-Uni ; Fenix-Deceuninck) + 17 min 08 s Romy Kasper (Allemagne ; Human Powered Health) + 17 min 12 s Thalita De Jong (Pays-Bas ; Human Powered Health) + 17 min 13 s Marine Allione (France ; Winspace Orange Seal) + 17 min 15 s Nadia Gontova (Canada ; Winspace Orange Seal) + 17 min 29 s Valentina Cavallar (Autriche ; Arkéa-B & B Hotels) + 17 min 29 s Karolina Perekotko (Pologne ; Winspace Orange Seal) + 17 min 43 s Emma Norsgaard Bjerg (Danemark ; Lidl-Trek) + 17 min 51 s Neve Bradbury (Australie ; Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto) + 18 min 05 s Henrietta Christie (Nouvelle-Zélande ; EF Education-Oatly) + 18 min 08 s Fiona Mangan (Irlande ; Winspace Orange Seal) + 18 min 19 s Valerie Demey (Belgique ; VolkerWessels) + 18 min 21 s Teuntje Beekhuis (Pays-Bas ; Uno-X Mobility) + 18 min 23 s Brodie Chapman (Australie ; UAE Team-ADQ) + 18 min 29 s Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Espagne ; St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 WE) + 19 min 00 s Kaja Rysz (Pologne ; Roland Le Dévoluy) + 19 min 00 s Franziska Brausse (Allemagne ; Ceratizit Pro) + 19 min 14 s Marthe Truyen (Belgique ; Fenix-Deceuninck) + 19 min 47 s Ilse Pluimers (Pays-Bas ; AG Insurance - Soudal Team) + 20 min 14 s Lara Gillespie (Irlande ; UAE Team-ADQ) + 20 min 21 s Millie Couzens (Royaume-Uni ; Fenix-Deceuninck) + 20 min 22 s Kristyna Burlová (République tchèque ; Ceratizit Pro) + 20 min 25 s Mia Griffin (Irlande ; Roland Le Dévoluy) + 20 min 25 s Rachele Barbieri (Italie ; Picnic-PostNL) + 20 min 25 s Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka (Pologne ; Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto) + 20 min 28 s Tamara Dronova (Russie ; Roland Le Dévoluy) + 20 min 47 s Mischa Bredewold (Pays-Bas ; SD Work-Protime) + 20 min 50 s Victoire Berteau (France ; Cofidis) + 21 min 02 s Julie Van De Velde (Belgique ; AG Insurance - Soudal Team) + 21 min 35 s Clémence Latimier (France ; Arkéa-B & B Hotels) + 21 min 43 s Jelena Eric (Serbie ; Movistar) + 22 min 04 s Aude Biannic (France ; Movistar) + 22 min 04 s Laura Molenaar (Pays-Bas ; VolkerWessels) + 22 min 05 s Idoia Eraso Lasa (Espagne ; Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) + 22 min 23 s Sara Martin Martin (Espagne ; Movistar) + 22 min 33 s Lonneke Uneken (Pays-Bas ; VolkerWessels) + 23 min 05 s Eugenia Bujak (Slovénie ; Cofidis) + 24 min 13 s Ana Vitoria Magalhaes (Brésil ; Movistar) + 24 min 28 s Ally Marée Wollaston (Nouvelle-Zélande ; FDJ-Suez) + 24 min 56 s Alba Teruel Ribes (Espagne ; Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) + 25 min 00 s Gladys Verhulst Wild (France ; AG Insurance - Soudal Team) + 25 min 37 s Emily Watts (Australie ; St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 WE) + 25 min 45 s Constance Valentin (France ; Winspace Orange Seal) + 25 min 51 s Elena Cecchini (Italie ; SD Work-Protime) + 26 min 41 s Maurène Tregouet (France ; Arkéa-B & B Hotels) + 26 min 47 s Alice Arzuffi (Italie ; Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) + 26 min 47 s Nadia Quagliotto (Italie ; Cofidis) + 26 min 47 s Femke Gerritse (Pays-Bas ; SD Work-Protime) + 26 min 53 s Alison Avoine (France ; St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 WE) + 26 min 54 s Laura Tomasi (Italie ; Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) + 26 min 54 s Marjolein Van 't Geloof (Pays-Bas ; Arkéa-B & B Hotels) + 29 min 01 s Elyne Roussel (France ; St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 WE) + 29 min 22 s Emilia Fahlin (Suède ; Arkéa-B & B Hotels) + 29 min 48 s Catalina Soto Campos (Chili ; Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) + 31 min 14 s Clara Koppenburg (Allemagne ; Cofidis) + 31 min 27 s Hannah Ludwig (Allemagne ; Cofidis) + 31 min 31 s Kristen Faulkner (Etats-Unis ; EF Education-Oatly) + 33 min 03 s Kiara Lylyk (Canada ; Winspace Orange Seal) + 35 min 06 s
SBS Australia
2 days ago
- Politics
- SBS Australia
UK could recognise Palestinian state in September
TRANSCRIPT UK announces it will recognise Palestinian state in September - unless Israel takes certain steps YouTube now to be included in Australia's social media ban for children In cycling, Lorena Wiebes achieves back-to-back wins in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September – unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Pressure to formally recognise Palestinian statehood has mounted since French President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country will become the first major Western power to recognise a Palestinian state in September. Mr Starmer says Britain was always planning to recognise a Palestinian state - as part of a two-state solution, but recent events has now moved up that timeline. "With that (two-state) solution now under threat, this is the moment to act, so today as part of that process towards peace, I can confirm the UK will recognise a state of Palestine by the United Nations' General Assembly in September unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a long-term sustainable peace." A United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has issued an alert saying the worst-case scenario of a famine in Gaza is now unfolding as Israeli human rights groups accuse their government of genocide. The World Health Organisation has recorded 74 malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza for 2025, with 63 occurring in July alone. The alert from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, also known as the I-P-C does not formally classify Gaza as being in famine, but the organisation says it will now conduct an urgent analysis which could lead to this classification. It comes as Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel have cited their government's restriction on aid in declaring that Israel is now committing a genocide in Gaza. Executive Director of B'Tselem, Yuli Novak, says the weight of evidence has given them no option. "Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. For the past 22 months we have witnessed unprecedented levels of civilian killings of deliberate starvation, forced mass displacement and the total destruction of most infrastructure necessary for human and social existence." The Israeli government categorically denies committing genocidal acts and claims there is no starvation in Gaza. The federal government has confirmed that video-sharing platform YouTube will now be included in the social media ban for children. The website was initially spared from the ban for under-16-year-olds as part of an exemption for health and education services. But the eSafety commission in June cited research that found children were exposed to harmful content on YouTube more than any other platform. Under the new laws, which are due to come into effect in December, social media companies will face fines of up to almost $50 million for failing to take reasonable steps to bar those under 16 from using their platforms. In a statement, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government is on the side of families and it time to act to limit the negative impact on Australian kids from using the online platforms. While the ban has been welcomed by some, others have expressed concern about whether it will work and the impact it could have on marginalised children, particularly those in rural or regional Australia who use the internet to seek community. Those working in creative industries have expressed concern about the use of artificial intelligence technology and its impact on jobs. A new study released by the Media and Entertainment Arts Alliance has found more than half of industry creatives, including actors, musicians, and journalists, are "extremely concerned" about the use of the technology. The findings come weeks before the federal government is expected to sit down with industry stakeholders and discuss the use of AI software to boost productivity at its economic roundtable. Artificial intelligence experts warn the discussion may not result in swift action on AI regulation, pointing to delays in formulating law in the United States. In the survey of more than 730 workers in creative industries, misinformation ranked as the top AI concern for respondents, followed by the loss of human creativity, the theft of work, and a lack of transparency about the technology. In cycling, Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes stormed to her second consecutive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish. She launched her move around 250 metres from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another emphatic stage victory. Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie finishing third. Wiebes says she is feeling ecstatic. "I'm just super happy that today it worked out once again. And the team also delivered for me good. The last straight was a bit chaotic. It was really a fight for position. I'm happy that I could find my way out. Again, I started a bit too early, but otherwise, I was a bit afraid to get boxed in."
Observer
2 days ago
- Sport
- Observer
Vos takes Tour de France yellow after Wiebes stage win
ANGERS, France: Veteran Dutch rider Marianne Vos took the overall leader's jersey in the women's Tour de France on Monday after finishing second behind compatriot Lorena Wiebes on the third stage. Three-time former world champion Vos, 38, moved six seconds ahead of Mauritius' Kim Le Court in the general classification after a flat 163.5km ride from La Gacilly to Angers in western France. France's Olympic cross-country champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot completed the top three, 12 seconds behind, with last year's Tour winner Katarzyna Niewiadoma fourth. One-day expert Vos has made an impressive start to this year's edition of the Tour, having won Saturday's opening stage in Vannes. Despite her incredible list of achievements, including 2012's Olympic gold, the women's Giro d'Italia and countless Classic success, she has yet to win the Tour, but wore the yellow jersey in 2022 for five days. "We knew there was quite a good chance for a bunch sprint," Vos said. "In the end when it comes to a bunch sprint you know that Lorena Wiebes is going to be the big favourite, but of course you still always try," she added. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes celebrates on the podium after winning the 3rd stage. — AFP The end of the stage on the banks of the Loire river, best known for wine production, was marred by a mass crash as pre-stage favourite Demi Vollering fell. FDJ-SUEZ's Dutch rider Vollering, who finished second overall last year, remains fifth in the overall standings despite the incident with 3.7km to go to the finish line. "She wants to continue, but we just need time to go to the hotel, examine, go to the hospital and after one night, we can come back to you to tell you," FDJ-SUEZ's general manager Stephen Delcourt told reporters. "She's completely shocked. She has a pain at the knees, a pain at the glutes and pain at the back. "We need to wait, because we never know if it's just the shock because she crashed or she needs time," he added. After the crash, two-time former European champions Wiebes, 26, held on to secure her fourth Tour stage win, adding to her 15 successed so far this season. Tuesday's fourth of nine stages on the fourth edition of the women's Tour is another flat ride, stretching 130.7km south from Saumur, also on the Loire river, to Poitiers. — AFP
Irish Independent
2 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Lara Gillespie makes history by becoming first Irish woman to take podium finish in stage of Tour de France Femmes
Gillespie, riding for UAE Team ADQ, finished third on stage four in Poitiers at the end of a tough stage that saw Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx-Protime) claim her second sprint victory in as many days ahead of Dutch race leader Marianne Vos of Team Visma-Lease a Bike. The 24-year-old Enniskerry woman's result was all the more impressive given that she was only called up the Tour team a few days before the start, after a crash at the Elmos Dwars doors het Hageland race in mid-June saw her miss the National Road Championships and other races. A crash also hampered Gillespie's chances at the Tour de France Femmes yesterday. Although she didn't fall, the former European track champion was held up by a crash in the last 4km of stage three meaning she didn't get to go toe-to-toe with the fastest women in the world at the finish. Today, though, Gillespie held her own in the gallop to the line despite being out in the wind for longer than the first two on the stage, both of whom are renowned sprinters. Dutchwoman Wiebes' victory was a record fifth Tour de France Femmes stage win and she continues to lead the green-jersey classification, while second-placed Vos maintained her overall lead. "It's nice to keep the yellow on such a day,' said Vos afterwards before praising stage winner Wiebes. 'You know it's going to be tough. Not only in the final, but actually from the start it was fast and constantly windy, with a high pace in the bunch and then you have to stay in the front and stay in a good position. "That's pretty tough and thanks to the team it worked really well, so I'm very happy. She's [Lorena Wiebes] just the best sprinter in the world, she's a phenomenon in the sprint and every time she shows it again. She's very, very hard to beat. She's a tough competitor, but it's good to have her." As well as Gillespie, current national champion Mia Griffin and last year's title holder Fiona Mangan are also making their debuts at the race with all three looking to first complete the nine-day race, and hopefully build on the experience going forward. Tomorrow's fifth stage takes the riders from Chasseneuil-du-Poitou to Gueret, a distance of 165.8 km (103 miles).
