ANTAS DE ULLA, SPAIN - MAY 06: Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx - Protime - Green Points Jersey celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Anna van der Breggen of Netherlands and Team SD Worx - Protime, Letizia Paternoster of Italy and Team Liv AlUla Jayco and Shari Bossuyt of Belgium and Team AG Insurance - Soudal during the 12th La Vuelta Femenina 2026, Stage 4 a 115.6km stage from Monforte de Lemos to Antas de Ulla / #UCIWWT / on May 06, 2026 in Antas de Ulla, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images).
After narrowly missing out on the previous three stages, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) finally celebrated a stage victory on stage 4 of the Vuelta Femenina. In a uphill sprint, she finished ahead of her teammate Anna van der Breggen, with Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco) taking third place.
Lauretta Hanson (Lidl-Trek) and Marta Jaskulska (Human Powered Health) held off the chasing peloton for a long time in a breakaway but were caught 2.5km from the finish.
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