
She wins in a compact group and wins even after more than 100 kilometers of breakaway. It's a super Lorena Wiebes who has conquered the third consecutive stage win at the Simac Tour 2025, beating a group of sixteen other breakaway riders. Behind the Dutch sprinter from SD Worx Protime, Megan Jastrab, an American from Picnic PostNL, and Amalie Dideriksen, a Danish rider from Cofidis, finished in second and third place respectively at the Zeewolde finish line. Elisa Balsamo finished tenth on the day, unable to find the right sprint momentum.
Today's stage was characterized by wind and the consequent echelons opened by the teams. Around the fortieth kilometer of the race, the peloton broke into multiple sections, and seventeen athletes remained at the front: the overall leader Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) with her teammate Femke Markus; Elisa Balsamo (Lidl – Trek); Nicole Steigenga (AG Insurance - Soudal Team); Zoe Bäckstedt (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto); Christina Schweinberger (Fenix-Deceuninck); Lily Williams (Human Powered Health); Marie Le Net (FDJ – SUEZ); young jersey leader Cat Ferguson (Movistar Team); Megan Jastrab (Team Picnic PostNL); Babette van der Wolf (EF Education-Oatly); Amalie Dideriksen (Cofidis Women Team); the UAE Team ADQ duo composed of Lara Gillespie and Karlijn Swinkels and the Visma Lease a Bike trio of Lieke Nooijen, Nienke Veenhoven and Margaux Vigué.
Riding in double file and sharing the effort, the leading women put many minutes between themselves and the group. At the first passage of the finish line, with fourteen kilometers to go, the peloton was sailing 6'20" behind.
In the final moments of the race, the agreement among the breakaway riders fell apart and the battle began
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