Thüringen Ladies Tour 2021 – Stage 4 [Highlights]

May 28, 2021

Thüringen Ladies Tour 2021 – Stage 4 WE – Dörtendorf – Dörtendorf : 101 km

The 2021 Thüringen Ladies Tour (known as the Internationale LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd edition of the Thüringen Ladies Tour, a women’s road cycling stage race being held between 25 and 30 May 2021 in the state of Thuringia in central Germany. Given the cancellation of the 2020 edition, this edition is the first since its promotion after the 2019 season to a category 2.Pro event in the UCI Women’s ProSeries.

Lotte Kopecky (Belgium National Team) won the fourth stage at the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour. The Belgian champion won the uphill sprint ahead of Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) and Liane Lippert (Team DSM) in Dörtendorf.

Brand, who won the previous day’s stage 3, has taken over the overall race lead from Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) with just two days remaining. Kopecky moved into second place overall at 4 seconds back while Norsgaard slipped to third at 8 seconds back.

“It was a hard day with quite a big breakaway that had danger riders in it for the GC. So as a team we took control, and they rode awesome. We got the break back just before we entered the final climb, and then it was all up to me,” Brand said.

“I just fought all the way, I left it all out there, but it was not just enough for the win. But I think we can be really proud. GC is extremely tight now, but we are going to fight for it, and we will show more tomorrow.”

How it unfolded

Stage 4 offered the field a 101km, four-lap circuit race in Dörtendorf. There were three intermediate sprints at Wohlsdorf and three climbs up the Hankaberg located at the end of each lap, and then the fourth and final climb to the finish line.

The peloton raced toward the first intermediate sprint intact with Amy Pieters (SD Worx) taking the maximum points ahead of the previous stage winners Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo) and Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM).

Mountain classification leader Kathrin Hammes (Ceratizit-WNT) crested the first ascent to increase her lead in that classification, while Tiffany Crowmell (Canyon-SRAM) and Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) crossed the line just behind.

A breakaway emerged 30 kilometres into the race that included Julie Leith (Ceratizit-WNT), Lonneke Uneken (SD Worx), Anna Henderson (Jumbo-Visma), Ella Harris and Lisa Klein (Canyon-SRAM), Kristen Faulkner (TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank), Typhaine Laurence and Gladys Verhulst (Arkea), Janneke Ensing (Netherlands), Svenja Betz (Germany), and Clara Copponi (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope).

Faulkner, the highest placed breakaway rider in the overall standings at the start of the day (29 seconds), won the second intermediate sprint in Wohlsdorf. The gap between the breakaway and the peloton widened to 1:20 as they reached the end of the second lap. Harris jumped ahead of her breakaway companions to take the mountain points, as they set off to start lap 3 of the race.

The breakaway continued to push their lead out to 2:30 and Uneken took max points in the third intermediate sprint at Wohlsdorf.

Henderson and Faulkner attacked over the top of the third climb and briefly opened a gap on their former breakaway companions. Further back, the pace of the main field picked up significantly as they reduced the time gap to under one minute headed to the last lap.

Faulkner made a last-ditch attack to go for the stage win but she was swallowed up by the front of the main field on the final climb to the finish line, where Kopecky took the stage honours and Brand moved into the overall lead.

Results :
1 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgium 2:29:43
2 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
3 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM
4 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
5 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:06
6 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women
7 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:00:10
8 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx 0:00:16
9 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:17
10 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
11 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
12 Valerie Demey (Bel) Belgium 0:00:21
13 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
14 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
15 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:27
16 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM 0:00:30
17 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
18 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo
19 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:32
20 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
21 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing
22 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products
23 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Germany 0:00:35
24 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:00:38
25 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:48
26 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Netherlands
27 Friederike Stern (Ger) Germany
28 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
29 Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:00:54
30 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) Netherlands
31 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:00:57
32 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Belgium
33 Katharina Hechler (Ger) Germany 0:01:00
34 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:02
35 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
36 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
37 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Belgium
38 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
39 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:01:08
40 Carolin Schiff (Ger) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
41 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
42 Svenja Betz (Ger) Germany 0:01:13
43 Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Germany 0:01:15
44 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:01:19
45 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:01:21
46 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
47 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx 0:01:31
48 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM 0:01:34
49 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:01:42
50 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
51 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
52 Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:01:49
53 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team
54 Lone Meertens (Bel) Belgium 0:01:55
55 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Team SD Worx
56 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM 0:01:56
57 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:01:58
58 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:02:04
59 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM
60 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Netherlands 0:02:20
61 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women
62 Zsófia Szabó (Hun) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:06:53
63 Beate Zanner (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
64 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:07:00
65 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) Germany
66 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
67 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:07:31
68 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:07:50
69 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:07:51
70 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women
71 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM
72 Aafke Soet (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:10:12
73 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team
74 Ilse Grit (Ned) Netherlands 0:10:20
75 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
76 Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) Netherlands
77 Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
78 Lisa Fischer (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig
79 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Belgium
80 Christa Riffel (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products
81 Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank
82 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:10:24
83 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:10:35
84 Katharina Fox (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:12:28
85 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:16:07
86 Lisa Müllenberg (Ned) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:18:09
87 Hannah Fandel (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:18:16
88 Lydia Ventker (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:18:23
89 Helena Bieber (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
90 Bianca Bernhard (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle
91 Amélie Hild (Ned) RSG Gießen Biehle

General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 11:30:05
2 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Belgium 0:00:04
3 Emma Norsgaard (Den) Movistar Team Women 0:00:08
4 Liane Lippert (Ger) Team DSM 0:00:21
5 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:00:31
6 Emilia Fahlin (Swe) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:00:32
7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:00:44
8 Kristen Faulkner (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:00:53
9 Elizabeth Deignan (GBr) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:59
10 Christine Majerus (Lux) Team SD Worx 0:01:00
11 Kathrin Hammes (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:01:05
12 Valerie Demey (Bel) Belgium 0:01:09
13 Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:13
14 Clara Koppenburg (Ger) Germany 0:01:35
15 Marta Cavalli (Ita) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:01:41
16 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:01:49
17 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:02:10
18 Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team DSM
19 Léa Curinier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:02:23
20 Sandra Levenez (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:02:24
21 Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:02:46
22 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Team SD Worx 0:03:12
23 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Team SD Worx 0:03:16
24 Hannah Ludwig (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:17
25 Neve Bradbury (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:03:50
26 Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:05:09
27 Janneke Ensing (Ned) Netherlands 0:05:29
28 Anne Dorthe Ysland (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:05:52
29 Anna Henderson (GBr) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:06:14
30 Sara Van De Vel (Bel) Belgium 0:06:38
31 Ella Harris (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing 0:07:01
32 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:07:25
33 Clara Copponi (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:07:27
34 Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Team SD Worx
35 Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr) Team DSM 0:08:02
36 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM 0:08:17
37 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:23
38 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
39 Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women 0:08:45
40 Kirsten Wild (Ned) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:10:16
41 Romy Kasper (Ger) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:10:40
42 Clara Honsinger (USA) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:11:31
43 Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:11:32
44 Katharina Hechler (Ger) Germany 0:12:20
45 Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Germany 0:12:35
46 Franziska Koch (Ger) Team DSM 0:13:00
47 Gladys Verhulst (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:13:09
48 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:13:51
49 Susanne Andersen (Nor) Team DSM 0:14:32
50 Lone Meertens (Bel) Belgium 0:14:53
51 Julie Leth (Den) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:15:34
52 Carolin Schiff (Ger) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:15:39
53 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:15:55
54 Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Belgium 0:16:28
55 Friederike Stern (Ger) Germany 0:17:11
56 Ilse Pluimers (Ned) Netherlands 0:17:17
57 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:17:46
58 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Pro Cycling Team 0:18:15
59 Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:18:20
60 Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Team SD Worx 0:18:22
61 Eline van Rooijen (Ned) Netherlands 0:18:38
62 Amalie Lutro (Nor) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:18:55
63 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:20:54
64 Svenja Betz (Ger) Germany 0:21:18
65 Beate Zanner (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:22:19
66 Jade Wiel (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:23:37
67 Shari Bossuyt (Bel) Belgium 0:24:04
68 Jip van den Bos (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:25:07
69 Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope 0:26:10
70 Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 0:29:03
71 Helena Bieber (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:29:41
72 Tanja Erath (Ger) Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank 0:30:07
73 Lena Charlotte Reißner (Ger) Germany 0:30:29
74 Sandra Weiss (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch
75 Ilse Grit (Ned) Netherlands 0:31:48
76 Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (Ned) Netherlands 0:31:52
77 Christa Riffel (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:33:49
78 Franziska Brauße (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
79 Aafke Soet (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Women Team 0:33:52
80 Katharina Fox (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:34:05
81 Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Coop Hitec Products 0:34:08
82 Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:36:37
83 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women 0:37:43
84 Zsófia Szabó (Hun) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:38:12
85 Lisa Fischer (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:38:55
86 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:39:36
87 Lydia Ventker (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:40:08
88 Bianca Bernhard (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 0:46:58
89 Hannah Fandel (Ger) Maxx-Solar Lindig 0:52:47
90 Lisa Müllenberg (Ned) Andy Schleck-CP NVST-Immo Losch 0:57:58
91 Amélie Hild (Ned) RSG Gießen Biehle 1:03:42
92 Adelheid Schütz (Ger) RSG Gießen Biehle 1:05:03