Tour de France female –
La Genevoise Elise Chabbey keeps the best climbing jersey
Despite its 57e Place during the 7e Stage in the Grande Boucle between Bourg-en-Bresse and Chambéry, won by the Frenchman Maëva Squiban, the Geneva still retains the polka dot jersey.
Elise Chabbey when handing over the jerseys.
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The French Maëva Squiban, already victorious Thursday in Ambert, won solo the seventh stage of the Tour de France Friday in Chambéry. The Mauritian Kim short keeps her yellow jersey.
Squiban has ahead of almost a minute his compatriot Cédrine Kerbaol and the American Ruth Edwards. She became the fourth runner to align two consecutive successes on the great female loop after Annemiek Van Vleuten, Charlotte Kool and Lorena Wiebes.
Dorted in the Col du Granier, the court managed to return to the group of favorites in the descent to Chambéry to stay at the top of the general classification. The Mauritian has twenty-six seconds ahead of La Française Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
Chabbey back
Very active since the start of the event, Elise Chabbey this time remained behind between Bourg-en-Bresse and Chambéry. The Geneva took the 57e Place de l’esteau à 8 ’46 ”of Squiban, but still keeps its best climbing polka dot jersey.
The Swiss will have to take out the big game to keep it after the last two mountain stages. On Saturday, the arrival will be tried at the top of the Col de la Madeleine and the runners will climb the Col de Joux Plane on Sunday before the final arrival in Châtel, a stone’s throw from the Swiss border.
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