In Clermont Ferrand, the road and track champion attacks with 10 km to go and breaks away from everyone else; at 41″ the Dutch Wiebes, at 43″ Longo Borghini and Magnaldi, at 50″ Horsepower, at 1’06” Perch
The women’s Tour de France opens under the sign of the Belgian national champion Lotte Kopecky, a champion of road and track. With a superb attack 9.7km from the finish, on the Cote de Durtol (1700m at 7.2%), Kopecky (Sd-Worx) made a gap and prevailed in Clermont Ferrand with 41″ over three Dutch riders: Demi Vollering, Charlotte Kool and Marianne Vos. The group at 43″, led by the South African Moolman Pasio, including the world champion Van Vleuten. The Italians: 10th for the tricolor Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) and 14th Erica Magnaldi (Uae-Adq), both with a delay of 43″. At 50″ Marta Cavalli (Fdj-Suez), at 1’06” Silvia Persico (Uae-Adq). Lotte Kopecky, Belgian national champion in line and road, is one of the stars of the world women’s panorama: she won Strade Bianche, twice the Giro of Flanders, plus 4 World Championships and 5 European Championships on track. For his team, SD Worx, it is the 48th victory of the season. On Monday the second stage, Clermont Ferand-Mauriac, km 151, with 2500 meters of altitude difference and arrival on a climb of 3.4 km at an average 5.8%. There are four Gpm in the last 46 kilometres.