The route from Llanidloes to Hay-on-Wye through Wales once again featured a hilly stage covering 138 kilometres, of which the final 17 or so were flat. This proved far too long for Lippert and Le Court, who had previously attacked on the final climb and opened up a gap, only for Wiebes and his team-mates to close it again. As a result, a bunch sprint was ultimately inevitable, and the outcome was almost predictable.

“With three stage wins, the Tour of Britain is already a success for us. Now, of course, we’re aiming for a place on the overall podium,” said Wiebes, who had already written off the overall victory. “That’s out of reach, but we’ll keep fighting and try to secure another stage win tomorrow.” The sprint specialist is 29 seconds behind Le Court and is therefore third. She is five seconds behind Lippert.

Nor did the wearers of any of the other classification jerseys change: Wiebes retains the lead in the points classification, whilst Lauren Dickson (FDJ United - SUEZ) holds the mountains jersey.

2026 Tour of Britain Women – Results of Stage 4

Here’s how the 4th stage of the 2026 Tour of Britain Women went

The penultimate stage of the tour got off to a rather unusual start. Wearing the best young rider’s jersey, Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek) launched an early solo attack the moment the race began. The young Belgian quickly built up a one-minute lead. Several riders, including Juliana Londono (Team Picnic PostNL) and Alma Möller Rasmussen (Hitec Products-Fluid Control), attempted to chase her down, but failed to close the gap to the leader.

There were just 44 kilometres to go to the finish when Dilyxine Miermont (Team Picnic PostNL) and Alessia Vigilia (Uno-X Mobility) finally managed to break away. The trio had a lead of almost one and a half minutes at that point and were even able to extend their lead slightly.

The trio reached the day’s second mountain classification, 28 kilometres from the finish, effectively at the head of the remaining peloton. FDJ United – SUEZ, in particular, had ensured that the group was brought together relatively quickly. There was a brief lull until the final mountain classification, Clyro Hill, just under ten kilometres later, before the riders went all out on the 700-metre climb with a gradient of just under seven per cent.

Lippert was the first to go on the attack here; only Le Court was able to keep up with her. But already on the descent, a group of five led by Wiebes managed to catch up with the leaders, which completely sapped the pace at the front and allowed more women to close the gap from behind. It came down to another mass sprint, in which the dominant rider proved unbeatable once again.