Tour de France Femmes: Justine Ghekiere wins at Le Grand-Bornand as Kasia Niewiadoma retains yellow

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Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal) won stage 7 of the Tour de France Femmes. Wearing the polka-dot jersey, the 28-year-old Belgian was part of a break of six that went away with over 80km to go. Profiting from the help of her teammate Julie Van de Velde, Ghekiere squirreled away QOM points throughout the stage and went solo on the Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt with 13.5km to go.

Ghekiere started the finishing climb with a two-minute advantage and held off the chasers to win the stage. Maëva Squiban (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) had attacked from the peloton and finished second at 1:15 minutes.