Niewiadoma-Phinney Wins Mont Ventoux Stage to Lead Women’s Tour De France
- On Friday, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney won the Tour de France Femmes stage on Mont Ventoux, seizing the yellow jersey with a decisive attack 9km from the summit.
- Entering the 147km 'queen stage' from Voulte-sur-Rhone, Niewiadoma-Phinney trailed yellow jersey holder Marlen Reusser as the Bald Mountain's 8.8% gradient loomed as the decisive challenge.
- The 2024 champion surged past Reusser and Demi Vollering on the hors-categorie ascent, leaving rivals unable to respond as she won the stage decisively.
- Vollering sits second in the general classification, 15 seconds behind, while Reusser fell to third; Elisa Longo Borghini finished third on the stage after catching the fading Reusser.
- The race continues Saturday with a 171.9km stage from Sisteron to Nice before Sunday's explosive 99km finale featuring multiple ascents of the Col d'Eze.
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Katarzyna Niewiadoma took advantage of the marking between Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser to win at the top of the Ventoux and take the yellow jersey. Two days from Nice, the three great favourites stand in a handful of seconds. ...
Author of a masterful attack on the slopes of the "Gant de Provence", the Polish rider of the Canyon-SRAM team raised her arms for the first time on the Grand Boucle, and took the lead in the general classification with 15 seconds ahead of Demi Vollering.
Niewiadoma seizes Tour de France Femmes lead on Mont Ventoux
Starting the day third 1min 17sec down, the Polish rider attacked a massive 9km from the summit of Mont Ventoux in the Provence region of southern France as the top two let her go and instead kept tabs on each other. By the time all three main contenders had crossed the line Niewiadoma's tactic had edged her to a 15sec lead overall on Vollering, while overnight leader Reusser had folded to third overall at 39sec. "I'm just so tired and so blown …
General classification leader Marlen Reusser and second-placed Demi Vollering had eyes only for each other on Mont Ventoux. Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma capitalized, and how: she won the stage and heads into the final weekend in the yellow leader's jersey.
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