Then, Vollering raced through the intermediate with the second fastest time of the day, improving her gap over the rest of the top 5 by a huge amount, trailing only her teammate Reusser. Meanwhile Niewiadoma in the queen of the mountain polka dots hit the intermediate marker just trailing Kopecky by seconds. Van Vleuten came through far behind Kopecky, 31 seconds behind Kopecky’s time-which meant that Kopecky could move into the top 3 if she was able to hold the pace to the finish if Van Vleuten couldn't come back. While the top riders were still on course, Cédrine Kerbaoul (Cerazitit) secured the white young rider GC jersey with her time trial, and Riejanne Markus came in with a 30:05 finish, moving her into third position with only a few riders left on course.Īt the intermediate mark, Moolman Pasio was behind Labous, but Kopecky put in the third best intermediate time of the day. In fact, Juliette Labous was only a minute behind them and as a great time trialist herself could potentially work her way into the top 5, possibly even the podium. Third through fifth in the GC were separated by only 11 seconds, with Van Vleuten, Lotte Kopecky and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio all fighting for that third place (or second if any was able to finish 38 seconds faster than Niewiadoma), and every single second counted as they hit the course. Her time seemed unbeatable as the top 10 in the GC took to the course.
Vans screeched off the road, struggling to get out of her way as Reusser charged forward, but the UAE van cost her time in a corner.īrown became the first to finish the TT in under 30 minutes at 29:55, but she only held the fastest time for a brief window before Reusser charged into the finish with a time of 29:15. But then, once Reusser took to the course, she took another 28 seconds out of Brown’s intermediate time as she waved at motorbikes and cars to get the hell out of her way. Cordon Ragot was a woman on a mission, and by the midway point, she was 3 seconds ahead of the fastest time, but then Brown sped through even faster, by a whopping 29 seconds.
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There were some minor crashes, including Arianna Fidanza (Ceratizit-WNT), but compared to the wild attacks early on in stages the rest of the week, this time trial had a much calmer feel to it as fans waited for the real fireworks to come from the top time trialers in the group, like SD Worx’ Marlin Reusser, Human Powered Health’s Audrey Cordon Ragot and silver medalist from World Championships Grace Brown (FDJ Suez).īrown started directly behind Cordon Ragot, giving her a huge advantage with someone to chase. The course had some damp spots, making handling slightly more technical, but there were no surprises after the morning storm had passed.Īs riders took to the course, there were few surprises early on, with times hovering between 30 and 32 minutes. The 22.6 kilometer time trial that capped off the final day of the Tour de France Femmes was mostly flat, save for one small climb, and while it seemed unlikely that anyone would unseat Demi Vollering as GC leader thanks to her 1:50 lead she developed in the final kilometers of yesterday’s climb up the Tourmalet, the rest of the podium was separated by small enough margins that every second over the 13.9 mile course. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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