That Tour de France women with zwift of Maeva Squiban ! While she had only raised her arms twice among professionals so far, the Frenchwoman came to seek a second success in two days on the occasion of this 7th stage! Again in escape, the runner of the training UAE Team ADQ Has distant all its competitors to come and offer themselves solo victory in the streets of Chambéry! Put in difficulty in the last ascent of the day, Kim Le Court Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) She finally managed to enter the other favorites in the descent and keeps his yellow jersey!
VIDEO – Maeva Squiban, winner of this 7th stage
The summary
Like every day, the first minutes of this stage are animated by attacks. Many runners want to integrate the breakaway of the day, which has a chance of victory on such a journey. After 20 kilometers of battle, there is a group 17 competitors at the front, with Chloé Dygert (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto), Marie Le Net (FDJ-Suez), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx – Protime), Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) Mareille Meijering (Movistar), Lucinda Brand, Shirin van anrooij (Lidl-trek), Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal), Megan hawk (Picnic postnl), Susanne Andersen (Uno-X Mobility), Célia Le Mouel (COFIDIS) Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health), Alicia González (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93), Alice Maria Arzuffi (Laboral Kutxa – Fundación Basque Country), Fiona Mangan (Winspace Orange Seal), Eline Jansen et Maud Rijnbeek (Volkerwessels Women's Pro Cycling Team). The agreement is good and the peloton leaves them up to 4'30 “. After a first part of the race in the plain, we arrive in the final sequence of this stage, with the Côte de Saint-Franc (3.8km at 7.1%), the Côte de Berland (1.2km to 7.1%) and the Col du Granier (8.9km at 5.3%), before the descent that will take the runners Chambéry.
While skimming begins to be done in the head group and in the peloton, the agreement is less and less good at the front and the gap is drastically reduced. Several runners decide to attack and three of them manage to get out of: Maud Rijnbeekthen joined by Mareille Meijering et Ruth Edwards. More Maeva Squiban makes the effort behind and distance everyone. The Frenchwoman returns to the head, attacks and alone Meijering manages to follow … before cracking following a new acceleration 2 kilometers from the top of the Col du Granier. Behind the training Fenix-Deceuninck imposes a big rhythm, before Pauliena Rooijakkers She himself accelerates. The major favorites of the general manage to follow … except the yellow jersey Kim Le Court Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal), which is behind. At the top, 17 kilometers from the finish, Squiban Account 50 “in advance on Meijering1'30 “on the favorites and 2 'on The short PIENAAR. The Brestoise makes a beautiful descent and retains its advance. Behind, the group of favorites does not make the best possible descent, which allows the yellow jersey to return, while the other Brestoise Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) manages to take a few lengths in advance. But far from all this hassle, Maeva Squiban Winds up on this 7th stage and achieves a “back-to-back” which seemed improbable a few days ago! Behind, at 51 “, Cédrine Kerbaol comes to take 2nd place in front of the abuse of the escape Ruth Edwards (3rd) and Shirin van anrooij (4th). The yellow jersey group passes the line to 1 minute. Among the favorites, only Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) are missing the call, since they were distanced themselves in the last part of the descent and conceded 11 seconds on the other contenders.
