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Chasing the Chasers PO24-65
It was the crash of Chloe Dygart (USA) that broke the peloton apart as they started up the Montmartre climb. Once she got back up and underway, she spent a great deal of time chasing down those ahead of her on the road. By this point she had dropped the third group on the road, enough so that her team car has been able to slide in behind her. She chased for the rest of the day, almost catching the chase group as they finished the race in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. She finished the day in 15th just over three and a half minutes behind the new Olympic Gold Medalist.