MECHELEN, BELGIUM - JULY 19: (L-R) Nienke Veenhoven of Netherlands and Team Visma | Lease a Bike on second place, overall race winner Zoe Backstedt of Great Britain and Team CANYON//SRAM - Purple Leader Jersey and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden of Australia and Team Lidl - Trek on third place pose on the podium ceremony after the 12th Baloise Ladies Tour 2026, Stage 4 a 111.4km stage from Mechelen to Mechelen on July 19, 2026 in Mechelen, Belgium. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images).
Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) claimed the overall title at the Baloise Ladies Tour for the second year in a row while Nienke Veenhoven (Visma-Lease a Bike) sprinted to her third stage victory on stage 4 in Mechelen.
Veenhoven timed her sprint perfectly, overtaking Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) to take the win by half a wheel. Charlotte Kool (Fenix-PremierTech) was second, and Maike van der Duin (Canyon-SRAM) was third.
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