Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) took her first WorldTour victory on the street by successful stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes in a dash from a gaggle of three forward of yellow jersey Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM).
The trio had gotten away on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons with Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck), however an assault by Vollering dropped Rooijakkers on the brief climb to the Boncelles bonus dash.
Then 29 seconds later, Kim Le Court completed fourth from a gaggle of 12 riders that additionally contained GC riders like Évita Muzic (FDJ-Suez), Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek), Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Rooijakkers, Juliette Labous (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), and Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek).
In the GC, Vollering has a 22-second lead on Pieterse with Niewiadoma following at 34 seconds. Pieterse additionally takes the lead within the U23 and mountain classifications.
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