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Down into the Vallery TdFF26-2
The course out through the countryside around Lusanne, Switzerland was just breathtakingly beautiful. I doubt the quartet of Idora Eraso (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi), Nikola Noskova (Cofidis), Maud Rijnbeek (VolkerWessels), and Oceane Mahe (Ma Petite Enterprise) had much time to soak in the vistas as they built their advantage over the peloton. With eighty-five kilometers yet to race, they have built up and a lead of almost five minutes on the confident peloton. They were claiming all of the Queen of the Mountain points out on course, and managed to suck up the sprint points as well. Would they be able to hold off the peloton up the final rise to the finish?