La Vuelta Femenina stage four was won by Dutch star Marianne Vos, who increased her lead in the seven-day race in Spain.
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Vos won the 133-kilometer stage from Cuenca by easily defeating Emma Norsgaard in a sprint finish in Guadalajara, giving her 248 victories overall.
The 35-year-old is currently 25 seconds ahead of Chloe Dygert, while Riejanne Markus, another member of Vos' Jumbo-Visma squad, is in third place, another second back.
With a sixth-place finish, Lizzie Deignan of Britain maintained her comeback from injury.
The 34-year-old, who delivered her second child in September and had just recently returned to competition, assisted her Trek-Segafredo team in stopping a number of assaults late in the stage while still having enough strength to place in the top ten.
After a three-rider breakaway was caught with 35 kilometers remaining, American Dygert and Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten attempted some late moves, but Vos won the stage for the second time in a row.
The fifth stage on Friday is 129 km from La Cabrera to Riaza's Mirador de Penas Llanas.
It features a summit finish and the category-one Puerto de Navafria climb, which is anticipated to upset the general classification standings prior to the weekend's mountain stages.
Stage four results
1. The first is Marianne Vos (Ned/Jumbo-Visma). 3.26.24.2 seconds
2. Emma Norsgaard of the Women's Den/Movistar Team same moment
3. Marlen Reusser of Team SD Worx (Swi)
4. Blanka Vas (Hun/SD Worx) 4.
5. Annemiek van Vleuten (Team Women, Ned)
6. Trek-Segafredo's Lizzie Deignan (GB)
7. Elise Chabbey (Canyon-Sram/Swi)
8. American/Canyon-Sram Chloe Dygert
9. Silvia Persico (Team ADQ Italy/UAE)
10. Tamara Dronova (Premier Tech Roland for Russia and Israel)
General classification
1. The first is Marianne Vos (Ned/Jumbo-Visma). 9 hours 52 min. 58 sec.
2. Chloe Dygert (+25secs) (US/Canyon-Sram)
3. Riejanne Markus (+26 seconds, Ned/Jumbo-Visma)
4. Amber Kraak (+34secs) (Ned/Jumbo-Visma)
5. Elise Chabbey (+35secs, Swi/Canyon-Sram)
6. Polish/Canyon-Sram Katarzyna Niewiadoma same moment
7. Emma Norsgaard (Movistar Team Women, Den) +40 seconds
8. Marlen Reusser (Swi/Team SD Worx) eighth, +44 seconds
9. Liane Lippert of the Women's Ger/Movistar Team same moment
