Marianne Vos wins a brilliantly entertaining stage of the Simac Ladies Tour as the GC is rearranged

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak finishes third and takes the overall lead with one stage remaining

Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) wins stage four of the 2021 Simac Ladies Tour
(Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty images)

Marianne Vos won the uphill sprint to take the victory at a hugely entertaining fourth stage at the Simac Ladies Tour on Saturday.

Vos had been part of a three-woman breakaway, which had led for the final 35km, and outclassed her fellow escapees to put two seconds into them in the Limburg village of Sweikhuizen. After a characteristically aggressive performance, Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) was second, ahead of Chantal van den Broek-Blaak in third, the SDWorx rider assuming the overall lead.

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Owen Rogers is an experienced journalist, covering professional cycling and specialising in women's road racing. He has followed races such as the Women's Tour and Giro d'Italia Donne, live-tweeting from Women's WorldTour events as well as providing race reports, interviews, analysis and news stories. He has also worked for race teams, to provide post race reports and communications.