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Building an Advantage TdFF26-7
This quintet took some time to get away from the peloton which seemed in little mood to let anyone escape today. It was nice to see the Ukrainian champion, Yulia Biriukova (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi) off the front along with Anouska Koster (Uno X-Mobility), Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels), Ema Comte (Cofidis) and Carlotta Cipressi (Human Powered Health). They have managed to build a bit over two minutes on the peloton, but they weren't allowed much more. After the long chase from yesterday, the peloton decided to keep these ladies inside of three minutes before catching them on one of the final categorized climbs of the day. Koster came close to becoming the new queen of the mountains save for one moment's inattention on the third climb of the day.