Like a secret thread stretched from year to year, the sixth stage of the Tour de France women again offered a Frenchwoman. After Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) during the previous edition, Maëva Squiban (UAE Team Adq) won, Thursday, July 31, during the 6ᵉ stage, between Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert (Puy-de-Dôme). “It’s incredible, I don’t know what to say, reacted the 23 -year -old runner on arrival. I did not expect that but I felt that I had great legs. »»
The Finistère, 36ᵉ more than nine minutes from the KIM yellow jersey Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) from the stage, attacked 32 kilometers from the finish, in the ChaNette pass (6.3 kilometers at 5.5 %). Solitarian, she quickly took more than a minute ahead of the favorite peloton reduced to twenty runners, at the top of the ascent. “I especially wanted to have a little advance before the bonus sprint [des secondes de bonification étaient offertes à 12 kilomètres de l’arrivée]because I knew it was going to be war ”commented Maëva Squiban after the race.
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