For a rider who is almost known for always being the runner-up, never the winner, it seems wild to think that Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney is potentially on the cusp of becoming the first ever two-time Tour de France Femmes victor. And yet, that's exactly where she stands after a phenomenal day on Mont Ventoux.
When the Polish Canyon-SRAM rider attacked some 10km from the summit of the 'Bald Mountain', many onlookers would have been thinking it was too early, too bold and too typically Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney to survive to the finish.
