Greig Leach

Both Katarzyna Niewiadoma's (Canyon-SRAM) red bib number and her Maillot a Pois are a direct result of her incredible stage yesterday. She was definitely the most aggressive rider on both the upside and the downside of the Col d'Aspin as well as almost the entire climb up the Col du Tourmalet. Her efforts on both mountains, the largest in this year's Tour Femmes, garnered her enough points to take the lead in the Queen of the Mountains competition. Her exploits also wooed the judges to earned her the title of most aggressive rider of the previous stage. She looks good in red, with red spots. She rode her best time trial of her career, but she was just barely out ridden by Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) who wore the green jersey compliment to these red spots. I wonder if it is intentional that the colors are complimentary (opposite from each other on the color wheel) and the skills that win won jersey are the opposite of those that win the other. In other words, most climbers are not very good at sprinting, and most sprinters really struggle with climbing. However, Lotte Kopecky seems rather skilled at doing both. And her time trial skills were evident today as well.