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A wait of 545 days!
Justin Ghekiere posted her second professional win after the GC of the Setmana Valenciana 2023. 545 days had passed since then.
QOM - Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt
Striking out on her own as the breakaway started to fall apart, Justine Ghekiere summited the Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt first to collect another 5 points and ensure she starts the final stage in the polkadot jersey. She averaged 24.7km/h on the 5.4% climb and 23.3km/h on the Grand Bornand to clinch the stage win.
2nd winning Belgian
Justin Ghekiere is the second Belgian winner at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after Lotte Kopecky (Clermont-Ferrand 2023).
First win for AG Insurance - Soudal
First win at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift for AG Insurance - Soudal Team. It’s their 10th season win, the previous had come in another Grand Tour, the Giro d’Italia, in stage 8 with Kimberley Le Court.
High speed racing!
We've seen high average stage speeds in this race but as the bunch charged towards the final climb on Thursday, Côte de Montois-la-Montagne, Mavi García recorded the current top speed of the 2024 Tour. She hit 93.2km/h at km 132.7 on a short, steep descent into Joeuf!
Exploit for Maëva
Maëva Squiban had never scored a top-3 result in a professional race before. She has managed to take it on a very special occasion: a mountain finish at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift!
A full set of QOMs
In her late attack on the final climb, Maëva Squiban not only secured a podium position, but also the QOM for the Grand Bornand climb with a blistering time of 16'43".
A successful day for the break
Having been part of the Break today, and picked up the maximum intermediate sprint points in Frangy, Marianne Vos has secured the green jersey for this year's Tour - provided she finishes within the time cut tomorrow. Today she still had 860m to go when Justine Ghekiere crossed the line.
Never before
Demi Vollering posted her 8th top-3 finish at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, but only the first finishing 3rd. So far, she had finished twice as the winner and no less than 5 times second.
Kasia saved it!
Katarzyna Niewiadoma broke the jinx of this year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. So far, no one had managed to hold the Maillot Jaune for more than 2 stages.Despite a tiny margin of 27” over Puck Pieterse, she is at her 3rd consecutive day in yellow.
Fisher-Black fastest
The climbing domestique's have been pushing the pace to try and catch the remaining breakaway riders and Niamh Fisher-Black proved the fastest on the 5.34km Strava segment for Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt. She took over 1 minute off the previous best, claiming the crown with a time of 12'22''.
