The Dutch Movistar cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten took the yellow jersey of the Tour de France with an exhibition in the seventh stage, which is 127.5 kilometers, after attacking 62 kilometers from the finish, located in the Le Markstein ski resort.
On the penultimate day, the Vosges Mountains gave Van Vleuten a boost in a stage that started from Selestat and included the three first ascents in the category.
The Dutch climber took advantage of the first slopes of the Petit Ballon to start his extraordinary day.
He dropped his breakaway partner, Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx), on the next climb, the Col du Platzerwasel, with more than 60 kilometers to go.
Alone, the Movistar athlete finished the Grand Ballon and at the finish line he took almost three and a half minutes from Vollering and Cecilie Ludwig (FDJ) and snatched the leader’s jersey from his compatriot Marianne Vos (Jumbo), who finished in yellow. in the second period and tied it in the sixth, but now he’s over 23 minutes.
Van Vleuten has to defend the overall leadership, with 3:14 over Vollering, on the climb to La Planche des Belles Filles, which will decide the Women’s Tour this Sunday, after 123 kilometers, starting from Lure.
Spanish Mavi García (UAE) was thirteenth this Saturday in 10:41 behind the new leader and ninth overall in 11:53.
Source: La Verdad
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