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Attacking the Final Climb TdFF22-50
As the lead group hit the turn onto the final climb up to La Super Planches des Belle Filles Pauliena Rooijakkers (Canyon/SRAM) went hard off the front. Yara Kastelijn (Plantur-Para) and LIane Lippert (DSM) were the first to respond. It seems that Grace Brown was swinging out of line to be ready to help her three teammates that were in the chasing group of the Maillot Jaune. That group was just over a minute back. I suspect that the team wanted her to have something left in the legs to help her companions out. FDJ had started the day with two riders in the top ten and I am sure they wanted to hold those positions or more likely to improve them by the end of the day.