Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

Dane ecstatic after sprinting to stage three triumph · Marianne Vos retains overall race lead by 16 seconds.

Worse came on the final climb, Mont Bernon, with pitches as steep as 14%, when she lost contact with the front group of favourites and was forced to pursue alone. “I just love how the team kept the fighting spirit and we knew that today was a super-good day [for us]. It is hard to imagine a more exuberant winner in the long history of the Tour de France.

Still, though, as we spotted before the start of stage one, Cecilie and the entire FDJ squad are racing on specially painted Lapierre Xelius SLs designed to ...

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig of team FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope started the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift as one of the favourites for the overall GC victory. Lapierre charged its designers with developing a colourway that celebrates the first Tour de France Femmes and “also reflects the state of mind, and the smiling, dynamic side the FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope squad exudes during each race.”

Marianne Vos takes second on the day to keep hold of the yellow jersey.

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (SD Worx) was the first to sense an opportunity as she attacked from the group of favourites, although her move appeared to be in order to set up Vollering who attacked over the top to lead the group over the summit. The climb was beginning to thin out the peloton and Van Vleuten, Demi Vollering (SD Worx) and Vos were in the thick of the action. Van Vleuten kept a cool head and was able to catch back up with the head of the race. Van Vleuten and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) continued to press on, Vos had been distanced amidst the chaos. As the leaders went under the final kilometre, Niewiadoma would be the first to launch a move with Vos moving straight onto her. Although the duo were soon reeled back in by the peloton thanks to the work of Ellen Van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo). Lizzie Holden (Le Col-Wahoo) was beginning to organise the chase behind the attackers. Alena Amialiusik (Canyon//Sram) pushed on, encouraging other riders to chase. Demi Vollering (SD Worx) led the group over the summit only to then crash on a tight bend at the top. On the bonus climb of Mont Bernon, Longo-Borghini would attack again along with Niewiadoma and the acceleration from the duo surprisingly briefly distanced Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar). Vos was part of an early break and sprinted to victory from the leading group to take her overall career wins to 242. It would be Niewiadoma who would be the first to attack with Vos straight onto her back wheel.

After a tough Stage 2, Danish champion Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig beat the yellow jersey Marianne Vos to earn the win on Tuesday. Vos kept the race lead.

Moolman-Pasio wound it up with Vos on her wheel. Three and a half kilometres remainined, with a long descent leading to the day’s climax. Vos led the chase and the two groups came together with 7 km to go. Van Vleuten, Elisa Longo Borghini, Moolman-Pasio, Mavi Garcia and Silvia Persico continued on in the front. On the first categorized climb of the day, Cat. 4 Côte de Trépail, Dutch rider Femke Gerritse snagged the points to take the QOM lead from her Parkhotel Valkenburg teammate Femke Markus. Gerritse was also first to the top of Cat. 4 Côte de Vertus 60 km later. Simone Boilard was the top Canadian again.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ Futuroscope) made up for her team's disastrous opening stage in the Tour de France Femmes, taking out the uphill sprint in ...

She survived to take maximum points at the intermediate sprint around 20km from the finish though, as did Bredewold behind to take second, while Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and Vos rolled over to take third and fourth in the peloton. Vos stuck to her wheel before launching but was outpaced by Ludwig, who claimed the biggest victory of her career so far. Lorena Wiebes (DSM) was one of several riders to lose contact with the peloton on this climb. Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) was present in the group, but was suffering from illness, and lost some time. "We knew that today was a super good day and if I had the legs I could try and go for the win. Also in the move were Vos' breakaway companions from stage 1, Silvia Persico (Valcar) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), who remain second and third overall at 16 seconds.

2022 Tour de France Femmes: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig won stage three after a "f---ing, s--- day" while Annemiek van Vleuten revealed she has been struggling ...

She continued: “You can lose it every day. Vollering managed to catch back up with the lead group and only finished eight seconds back. I can only focus on what I have in control, so I’m now focused on getting better,” she said. “To actually do it and be a Tour de France stage winner? Van Vleuten finished ninth on Tuesday and currently trails in the general ranking by 1 minute, 14 seconds. “I’m getting better and better, so I’m happy so far.

Denmark's Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig finished strongly to win the third stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Tuesday, while Dutch great Marianne Vos came second ...

The team put me in a perfect position going into the final but when it really opened on the steep climb I had to let a gap." Vos had seized the yellow jersey on Monday after winning Monday's second stage but FDJ Suez Futuroscope rider Ludwig kept her at bay to win the hilly 133.6 kilometre ride from Reims to Epernay in a time of three hours and 22.54 minutes. Vos had seized the yellow jersey on Monday after winning Monday's second stage but FDJ Suez Futuroscope rider Ludwig kept her at bay to win the hilly 133.6 kilometre ride from Reims to Epernay in a time of three hours and 22.54 minutes. To actually do it and be a stage winner in this jersey? I just love how the team kept the fighting spirit," Ludwig added. "This is for my team.

There was a video of the Australian national champion, Nicole Frain (Parkhotel-Valkenburg), crashing into Marta Cavalli (Team FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope) that did ...

This is the Tour de France – look at the first week of the men’s Tour and it’s the same amount carnage and chaos. The 29-year-old was chasing back to the bunch in the Tour de France Femmes, the biggest race of the year, riding hard with her head down, no doubt with adrenaline pumping through her veins and a tunnel vision which solely focussed on catching the bunch ahead. Taking those risks is part of the sport, regardless of if it is men’s or women's cycling. The problem I see, however, is the pressure that social media and the wider cycling community put on Frain to do this. As the video of the crash was commented on, retweeted and liked by masses all over social media, comments began to be directed at Frain, lamenting her for not seeing the crash and coming to a stop before hitting Cavalli ahead. Her team decided to stop her from racing due to the high risk of concussion.

Marianne Vos finishes second to defend the yellow jersey in thrilling finale. by VeloNews. photography by Getty Images. July 26, 2022 3 ...

Two third-category climbs in the middle of the stage could split the bunch, with three fourth-category hills stacked up in the closing third. Amialiusik was reeled in to bring it all together for the final 15km. Winds kicked up in the afternoon to add another layer of tension. Vos was gapped out on the climb, and was forced to chase. Overnight leader Vos lined up wearing the yellow jersey following his big win in stage 2. Van Vleuten was surprisingly gapped on the climb.

Dane takes emotional Tour de France Femmes stage win one day after horror stage for FDJ.

"I felt like I was in quite a good spot being on Marianne [Vos]'s wheel under the flamme rouge, and then we turned right and left and I kind of lost the position," she said. That is something I will remember for the rest of my life, I think." I think I can come back! It was special and we're going to celebrate tonight, I promise." "The last kilometre, coming into the finish, I was like 'OK, I'm now going to fight for a stage victory in the Tour de France'," an emotional Uttrup Ludwig said after the stage. "What I think was pretty special in this team is that we were like 'we've got to keep fighting, because the Tour is not over yet'," she said.

She did it despite the cruel, bad luck her team had on the stage before where they were caught up in crashes and lost two riders. Despite the fact that, on ...

It was all of this history that Uttrup Ludwig had in her legs today as she sprinted towards the line to the biggest win of her career. Her talent got her a place on a Danish team, but it was one that didn't pay her to race, so she worked in a supermarket to subsidise her cycling. After a strong performance at the Tour of Flanders, Uttrup Ludwig tested positive for Covid-19. It was a long, hard road back to racing, and one that meant she missed the remainder of the Classics season, including the Ardennes races which were a primary target for her season. It was why she had that extra bit of power in her sprint to beat riders that, on paper, you would never have thought she could out-sprint. Uttrup Ludwig was so dejected at that time, I was worried the world of cycling wouldn’t see her return to form this season. She grew up in a family that knew little about cycling and drove herself to her first international races in Holland when she left school at 18. The reaction that followed was one that we have come to expect from the Dane. She collapsed, hugged her teammates with all her might, and wept (all with a Fanta in hand, of course.) Her interviews were raw, honest and emotional, she spoke between sobs and gasped for breath as she answered questions. I'm a racehorse, and I want to be in the race. She proved that today with her win in stage three of the Tour de France Femmes as she clawed her way back to the lead group despite being dropped on the penultimate climb. Perhaps it was the microphone in her hand or the raised platform she was sitting on, but Uttrup Ludwig’s press conference was almost performative. Despite the fact that, on paper, she wasn’t supposed to win the sprint from the nine-rider group that came to the line. Maybe it's due to that little bit of viking blood, Uttrup Ludwig found herself digging deeper than anyone else as she rode through the roar of the crowd into Épernay today.

Denmark's remarkable summer of cycling continues as Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig wins stage three ahead of race leader Marianne Vos.

Earlier in the day, in a show of confidence at the stage presentation in Reims, the 26-year-old hinted she would be drinking French fizz irrespective of how the race would pan out for her injury-hit team. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig was one of four riders from her team who crashed on Monday’s chaotic second stage in a day of disaster for French outfit FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope. But tears of sorrow turned to ones of joy after she outsprinted overall race leader Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) to continue Denmark’s cycling revolution in France’s Champagne capital at the Tour de France Femmes. The Movistar rider, who will be more suited to the Vosges mountains later this week, revealed a stomach infection had hampered her efforts so far. “I’m a stage winner in the Tour de France. That’s something that looks good on my resume. She hoped her stage win would inspire girls in her home country. After sprawling onto the asphalt, she let the emotion bubble over.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig produced a flying finish to win Stage 3 at the Tour de France Femmes and ease the misery at FDJ Suez Futuroscope. Ludwig's post-race ...

It was enough to thaw many a cold heart, and the Stage 3 victor was full of praise for her team, and dedicated her win to them. The manner of her redemptive victory and the emotional reaction that followed will unite cycling fans across the globe, who will be vindicated in their support of her as they see her succeed at the highest level. A rider long associated with characterful press interviews, Uttrup Ludwig strikes a welcome contrast with many of the peloton’s more sanguine figures. It’s fair to say that the British media braced themselves for the onslaught of curses but overcome with emotion, Uttrup Ludwig would onlytrouble the censors with a repetition of her earlier refrain. After a horrific crash on Stage 2 saw Amstel Gold Race winnerMarta Cavalli ruled out of the race, and several more incidents which resulted in a significant time loss for Uttrup Ludwig on general classification, it was a near perfect description. The team came out swinging on Stage 3 though, proving they would not let the bad luck get the better of them.