SD Worx-Protime were the team that initiated the echelons early on stage 4 of La Vuelta Femenina, and with good reason: The Dutch team's two GC riders Demi Vollering and Niamh Fisher-Black were among the seven GC contenders that made the front echelon, in the end taking almost two minutes on the rest of the field. For the remainder of the race, there will effectively be two GC races: One for the overall victory and one for the bottom of the top ten.
Stage winner Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Cannondale) made a big jump up the overall standings due to the ten-second gap she had at the finish and the same number of bonus seconds. The 31-year-old Alaska native is now third overall, nine seconds behind the new red jersey Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike).
