Tour Femmes '25, Stage 3: We're Good

Always a danger anywhere on race day (or any time one is out on the bike) Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) went down in a crash that sent a couple of women into the ditch.  As she was being helped back towards the peloton by her teammate Hannah Ludwig, she chatted with the ambulance team letting them know she was okay.  As they went on ahead (making sure not to provide her with a usable draft) she seemed to be looking for her team car.  She was able to finish the stage.  I don't know if she got caught up in the drama at the end of the stage in Angers.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 5: Still Possible

 Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health) in her Cyprus Champion's jersey and Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) had rid themselves of their former break away companions and were in with a chance to contest the stage win between themselves.  Berteau had attacked the others on a rise when the peloton was within 30 seconds.  Only Christoforou was able to get back to the Frenchwoman's wheel.  As they went past the 10 K to go banner they still had 36 seconds on the peloton.  The gap was just now starting to drop but it was coming down very slowly.  The sprinters behind weren't going to let their last real chance for a stage win go up the road, so I am thinking their chances are very slim to pull this off.

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Tour Femmes '22, Stage 5: Points to be Had

While none of the women in the break away figured in the sprint competition, there were both points and prize money to be held just ahead.  So as the quartet of Victoire Berteau (Cofidis), Emily Newsom (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB), Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health), and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG), road through the town of Charmes, Louw jumped her break away companions.  Berteau looked over as she went but decided not to put any effort into out sprinting the AG Insurance rider to the line.  Once the line was crossed, the quartet got back to the work of staying away from the peloton almost two minutes behind them.

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