Greig Leach

As the peloton hit the first and only categorized climb of the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes, it stretched out into a long thin line. At the back of the peloton Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) struggled to hold the wheel of Evy Kuijpers (Fenix-Deceuninck). Just ahead of them were Morgane Coston (Cofidis) and Nina Burton (Ceratizit-WNT) finding the first climb in the first stage of the race just a bit to much. The climb of the Cote de Durtol came with just another sixteen kilometers to race, so there was no worries about any time limits today.