Losing Contact TdFF24-28
Traditionally sprinters don't like it when the road goes up. So it was when Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) started climbing the Cote De Laviron. Her teammate Rachele Barieri looks back to make sure she can help get the Maillot Vert over the climb. The problem for Kool is that Marianne Vos, who has now pulled even in sprint points, is still off the front of the peloton and showing no fear of the remaining climbs of the day. Ahead of these two are Barbara Guarischi (SD Worx-Protime) and the Australian Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv-Alula-Jayco). They can see the tail of the peloton rounding the corner ahead, but it is always a bad sign when the Shimano Neutral Service car goes by. She did catch back on about 24 kilometers later but was off again on the final climb of the day.