Marianne Vos won the second stage of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes and also became the new overall leader of the race. Vos nearly won the opening stage of the race on Sunday, but was nipped at the line by Lorena Wiebes (DSM) in the sprint.
Vos bested Silvia Persico (Valvar Travel Service) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), the remnants of a six-woman group that went clear 20km from the finish. The group finished 29 seconds ahead of the chasing peloton that included Wiebes as well as GC contenders Demi Vollering (SD Worx) and Mavi García (UAE Team ADQ).
“It’s not revenge, it’s just a beautiful day. I can’t describe what happened,” Vos said after the stage. “We knew we had to be focused, we knew we had to be alert on the bell lap because it got narrow and the wind played a role. But I didn’t expect we would break away and stay away. Like yesterday, the team did a perfect lead-out for the Champs Elysées and now they brought me perfectly into this bell lap to the sprint. Elisa Balsamo attacked and apparently that was the moment to go.”
Asked whether this was the best of her many hundreds of victories, Vos said, “For now it’s definitely the best. It’s incredible. Of course, you’re here and you’re trying to be focused but to take the victory today is beautiful.
“I wanted to try my best and do things right but I also knew there were some fast girls. Of course, it was very hard in the final so everybody probably had sore legs. I just had to go and see if it would be enough.”
2022 Tour de France Femmes: Stage 2 Brief Results
- Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) at 03h 14′ 02″
- Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service) s.t.
- Katarzyna Niewiadoma (CANYON//SRAM Racing) s.t.
- Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) at 2″
- Maike van der Duin (Le Col Wahoo) at 12″
General Classification After Stage 2:
- Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) @ 5h 07′ 46″
- Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service) at 10″
- Katarzyna Niewiadoma (CANYON//SRAM Racing) at 12″
- Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) at 18″
- Maike van der Duin Le Col Wahoo at 28″
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