Lorena Wiebes outfoxes former team to win Tour de France Femmes sprint

Lotte Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes after stage 3 of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes
Race leader Lotte Kopecky led Team DS Worx teammate Lorena Wiebes to victory on stage 3 of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes (Image credit: Getty Images)

In the end, stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes saw the winner everybody expected as Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx) sprinted to victory using a lead out by yellow jersey Lotte Kopecky. Lone attacker Julie van de Velde (Fenix-Deceuninck) had escaped 59km before and was only caught on the finishing straight. 

Team SD Worx joined the chase late, only coming to the front in the last three kilometres when Team dsm-firmenich could not close the gap to Van de Velde.

Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.