The director of the Tour de France women is convinced that the 6th stage of the Tour de France women between Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert will do big damage in the general classification.
Serious things will start on the Tour de France women. After a fifth stage that saw the cadors at the forefront, the runners indeed approach the mountain. While waiting for a pantagruel program this weekend in the Alps with the high point of the arrival at the top of the Madeleine this Saturday, the program is attacking the Massif Central.
The sixth stage will go from Clermont-Ferrand to Ambert and will notably go through the Col du Béal, ranked in the first category thanks to its 10.6km ascent to 5.6%. “I have already climbed it and this stage will count and will mark a new start from the Tour de France women”, warned Marion Rousse, the director of the race, in the columns of The mountain.
“” We can qualify this mountain stage stage. It is 124 kilometers and practically 2,500 meters of elevation gain, therefore with the ascent of the Col du Béal in the middle of the stage, she developed. Behind, there will not be much dish, with a last difficulty less than 12 kilometers from the finish. There is something to make deviations, the stage has been drawn to it to be dynamic and that there is no dead time from the foot of the Col du Béal. »»
Marion Rousse Fan of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Pauline Ferrand -Prévot will inevitably be eagerly awaited, in the same way as the two major favorites -and winners of the last two editions of the Tour de France Women -, Demi Vollering and Katarzyna Niewiadoma. A great friend of the Olympic mountain bike champion, Marion Rousse obviously does not praise for her.
“She has an aura, she launched. This is only her first participation in the Tour de France, but with her title at the Olympic Games, her record, she already gives off something. She is a big champion, he is someone who federates around her. So obviously it’s a big plus for the race and I know that she will make many little girls dream. »»
