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Keep It Going TdFF25-7
Even though Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) had been outsprinted over the first climb of the day she encouraged Silke Smulders (Liv-Alula-Jayco) to press on in their breakaway. The pair only had seventeen seconds on the peloton, but they were beginning to increase the gap now. The have another fifty-seven kilometers to race, and three more categorized climbs, so there is plenty to race for. Earlier, Chabbey's team had told her to sit up, but then changed their mind as the second climb approached.