Greig Leach

Cedrine Kerboal's (Ceratizit-WNT) joy was unmistakable as she soloed to victory in Morteau. She had jumped away on the final climb and left everyone in awe as she flew down the other side of the Cote des Fris. She may have known that she didn't have enough of a gap to take the lead in the general classification, but regardless, she took the time to savor and celebrate her stage win. It is the first stage win for a Frenchwoman in this year's Tour de France Femmes. She took the stage with a twenty-one second advantage and got another ten second time bonus, so she now sits just sixteen seconds off of the Maillot Jaune in second place overall. She will need to be careful tomorrow, third is just three seconds back and forth is only three more seconds behind that. This should set up for some exciting racing capped off by mountain top finishes for the last two stages of the race.