186: Women’s Tour 2021: Stage 6 – Haverhill to Felixstowe

<div>That’s a wrap from the 2021 Women’s Tour. Join Rose Manley, Lionel Birnie and Lizzy Banks as they witness the conclusion of the final stage – the longest of the race – to Felixstowe.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The sun was shining, the crowds were cheering and although there wasn’t a drop of rain in the air in the finishing straight the rainbow shone too.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Elisa Balsamo, the recently-crowned world champion, finally grabbed a stage win for her Valcar team after going so close yesterday. We hear the reaction from Balsamo and her teammates.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Lizzy’s recon included a trip on a ferry, we wrap up the stories from the day’s breakaway and the crash which marred the run-in before focussing on overall winner Demi Vollering. We hear from her SD Worx sports director Danny Stam.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>We also reveal who has won the Pédaleuse de Charme and Stacy Snyder’s beautiful hand-made cup and hear from Trixi  Worrack, who brought down the curtain on a long career today.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>We hope you have enjoyed this week’s coverage. Thanks to our producers Will Jones, Adam Bowie and Huw Owen. Also to Simon Gill, to Lionel’s mystery researcher and to Alasdair Lloyd-Jones and the social media team.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See <a href="https://www.supersapiens.com/fr-FR/">supersapiens.com</a> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>For 25% off all your SiS products, go to <a href="https://www.scienceinsport.com/">scienceinsport.com</a> and enter the code SISCP25 at the checkout.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>This episode is sponsored by NordVPN. Get up to 73% off a two-year plan: go to <a href="https://nordvpn.com/creator/?coupon=tcp&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_term&amp;utm_content=podmetrics&amp;utm_campaign=off614&amp;utm_source=aff55926">NordVPN.com/TCP