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Time to Chase TdFF26-16
I'm not sure why it took so long, but with thirty-eight kilometers to race, the peloton finally started to chase the two women up the road. With the increase in pace, the peloton stretched out into a fast single-file line with those at the back wondering what happened. Paula Ostiz (Movistar) popped off the back just after I painted this. Maeva Squiban (UAE Team L'IMAD) - who had won a stage so beautifully last year - hung onto the wheel of Laura Ascencio (Ma Petite Entreprise) with Malwina Mul (Cofidis) and Emilie Morier (St Michel-Home Preference-Auber93) hanging onto the wheels in front of them. Everyone but Ostiz finished with the peloton, but none ever caught the two up the road.