Greig Leach

With another five kilometers to the summit of the Col de Beal, Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) in her Maillot a Pois, looks around attempting to access who will challenge her for the QOM points at the top. On her elbow is Brodie Chapman (UAE Team ADQ). The pair were watched by Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck), Morgane Coston (Roland-Le Devoluy), and Liane Lippert (Movistar). Chabbey has a good lead in the race for the Queen of the Mountains but she wants to gain as many points as possible on every stage. This group is also hoping to hold off the closing peloton. They have a mere forty-one seconds on the Maillot Jaune peloton. If she doesn't keep this group motivated, she may not get any points at all.