Stage 5

163| Alice COUTINHO

Alice Coutinho: “A good reward for our offensive spirit”

Alice Coutinho (Mayenne Monbana My Pie) is the new leader of the Queen of the Mountains classification of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 5.

“Our goal was to show our fighting spirit yet again in this Vuelta. We are an offensive team and we wanted to keep the polka dot jersey, so I went on the breakaway to scoop up as many points as possible. In the end, I scored maximum points in both climbs and we got a good reward for our offensive spirit. It’s quite special that I got the jersey off the shoulders of Marine Allione, because she is...

Stage 5

171| Gaia SEGATO

Gaia Segato: “We are proving our worth”

Gaia Segato (Vini Fantini-Bepink) is the best young rider of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 5.

“I’m very happy I’m in the white jersey, because it was our goal for today. My team has helped me get in a good position towards every key point in the stage, and especially into the final when the roads got a bit wet. They kept me at the front and everything went perfect. It doesn’t matter how small we are, as long as we give our best and prove our worth - and we are doing it to the fullest extent. These last two stages are going...

Stage 4

13| Franziska KOCH

Franziska Koch: “The pressure is off our shoulders now”

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez) remains in the lead of the Points classification of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 4, although she is not leading the overall standings anymore.

“It has been a really nice day. I really could feel the confidence of my teammates. I have definitely enjoyed the two days in the red jersey. Now I’ve lost it, but it's still nice to have the green jersey on my shoulders. It will probably also be a tight fight, as there are only a few points between Lotte and I, so the next few days should be exciting too. The...

Stage 4

23| Lotte KOPECKY

Lotte Kopecky: “We had to wait for this”

Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx-Protime) won the fourth stage of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es and is the new overall leader of the race.

"I needed to be patient after finishing second two times, which was not super great. We really believed we could get one victory as a team, but we had to wait for it. This has been the easiest stage so far, with some long climbs, but steady ones. But then, the final was really hard! At one moment, I really thought that we were not going to catch the breakaway, but then the pace became super high as there was one attack after...

Stage 4

162| Marine ALLIONE

Marine Allione: “The biggest achievement of my career”

Marine Allione (Mayenne Monbana My Pie) is the new leader of the Queen of the Mountains classification of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 4.

“I’m very proud of what I have achieved today. We just intended to be in the breakaway and take it from there, but since I was first across the first listed climb I decided to do my best and be first across the second one too in order to claim the QOM jersey. This is the biggest achievement of my career so far. I’m still young and taking the polka dot jersey in a grand tour like La Vuelta Femenina...

Stage 3

104| Lore DE SCHEPPER

Lore de Schepper: “Our dream is keeping both my jersey and Ashleigh’s”

Lore de Schepper (AG Insurance-Soudal) is still the best young rider of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 3.

“Today’s stage was quite chaotic. The beginning was quite ok - if there’s a break ahead, it makes things easier. I did know that, from the kilometre 100 on, it was really important to be at the front, because the final was going to be quite brutal. I think it went quite well, but it was hard! Yet I managed to make it.”

Will you be able to keep both yours and Moolman’s jerseys until the end of the race? “That’s...

Stage 3

106| Ashleigh MOOLMAN PASIO

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio: “I’m really motivated to keep this jersey”

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) is the leader of the Queen of the Mountains classification of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 3.

“It feels really, really good. Actually, it’s the first time I wear the polka dot jersey in a grand tour, so it’s nice. It was a pretty hard final, but the team positioned me really well, while also looking after Lore (de Schepper) to defend her white jersey. We are racing really well, and it’s really been a nice two days for us. It’s always been the goal since the first day...

Stage 3

13| Franziska KOCH

Franziska Koch: “La Roja really gives you some extra power”

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez) remains in the overall lead of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 3.

“It was a really hard day. In the beginning, it actually felt quite chill - at least for me. My teammates had to ride a little bit to keep the breakaway under control in the first half of the stage, and then the roads along the coast were super hard. After the Intermediate Sprint, it was just full gas. The steep climb after the sprint was super hard. It basically had two steep sections, and I went really deep in the first one because I thought...

Stage 3

71| Cedrine KERBAOL

Cédrine Kerbaol: “Quite an emotional rollercoaster”

Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) won the third stage of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es.

“It feels crazy. Yesterday we were riding so well as a team - probably doing our best race ever, with Noemi Rüegg in the red jersey … and then she crashed out. We were in cloud nine, to then hit rock bottom. Now we are back in the up - so it’s quite an emotional rollercoaster! We have been thinking a lot about Noemi today. My team did its best race ever. Kristen [Faulkner] and Alice [Towers] attacked in the closing kilometres, and then...

Stage 2

13| Franziska KOCH

Franziska Koch: “It’s been a perfect start for this Vuelta”

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez) is the new overall leader of La Vuelta Femenina 26 by Carrefour.es after Stage 2.

“It’s been a perfect start for this Vuelta. I can be really happy. We knew it was going to be a hard stage, but we have a strong team here. We wanted to properly start racing after the intermediate sprint. As there was a break, there were no seconds for grabs anymore at the sprint, yet we wanted to make the race hard into the final, as it was technical and there was this final climb.”

“It was not a perfect sprint for me....