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Applying Some Pressure TdFF25-55
With another five kilometers of the Col de Joux Plane Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) went to the front and upped the pace. With her lack of descending skill, she was hoping to shed as many of her rivals as possible while the road was still going up. To her dismay, she wasn't able to get rid of the Maillot Jaune, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike), nor any of the others like Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), Katarzyna Niweiadoma (Canyon/SRAM-xondacrypto), and yesterday's most aggressive rider Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek). It turned out that her fears were well founded, she was dropped on the way down the other side of the climb. She never caught back up to the group. She started the day in second place, but will finish the Tour in sixth once everyone finished in Chatel.