Greig Leach

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike) has been riding under the radar since her attack, and third place, in stage one of this fourth Tour de France Femmes. Since then, we have barely seen her. She has been near the front, but not on the front. In the moves but not creating the moves. And today, she very coolly went on the wheel of Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) when she attacked after her teammate and Maillot Jaune, Kim Le Court swung off the front of the group of favorites. With another nine kilometers of the Col de la Madeleine to climb, she simply rode away from the former Australian champion and noted climber. According to Phil Liggett, two years ago, she announced that she wanted to win the Olympic Gold in mountain biking when it was raced in her homeland. She did. After the Olympics, when asked, she said she wanted to win the Maillot Jaune in the Tour de France Femmes, her home country's women's tour. It clearly looks like she will do that, too. Gigante was able to hold on for second place in the stage and now sits second in the general classification as well.