Canyon-SRAM’s Ricarda Bauernfeind won a fast-paced stage five of the Tour de France Femmes with a brave solo breakaway as Lotte Kopecky hung on to the yellow jersey
Yara Kastelijn of Holland won the longest stage of the Tour de France Femmes, from Cahors to Rodez, as the sparring between the defending champion Annemiek Van Vleuten and her rival Demi Vollering intensified.
Julie Van de Velde was overtaken in the final straight – Lotte Kopecky retained the overall lead – while Colombia’s Miguel López has been provisionally suspended by the UCI