Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) gained the 2024 Tour of Britain Women as Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) gained the ultimate stage in a photo-finish in opposition to Christine Majerus (SD Worx-Protime).
On the fourth and remaining stage, Kopecky’s crew held off a problem from Lizzie Deignan (Great Britain) who went solo on the Grains Bar climb however was caught by a choose group with 40km to go.
The state of affairs modified a number of occasions from there on in, and Majerus gained the intermediate dash earlier than an assault by Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) led to a entrance group of 4, additionally together with Anna Henderson (Great Britain), Letizia Paternoster (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), and Kopecky, the highest 4 riders within the GC.
They had been 40 seconds forward with 15km to go, however when Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) attacked from the chase group, the cohesion was gone, and issues got here again collectively 9km from the road.
A bunch of 5 had a small benefit within the remaining earlier than being caught 4km from the end, simply as Paternoster suffered a puncture that scuppered her GC podium.
Kopecky had a small hole onto the 250-metre ending straight then sat up as she wished Majerus to take the win. But Roseman-Gannon got here from behind and squeezed previous on the road as Majerus raised her arm to rejoice what she thought was her stage win.