At last year's Tour de France Femmes, the French public had double the reason to celebrate alongside Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's overall victory, as Maëva Squiban raced to a pair of stunning breakaway victories in Ambert and Chambéry.
The 24-year-old Breton surprised even her teammates last summer, with Dominika Włodarczyk exclaiming "What's going on? Is it April 1 or August 1?" at the team bus after Squiban's second win. Her triumphs came after disaster struck UAE Team ADQ early in the race as Elisa Longo Borghini and two other riders were forced out of the Tour due to illness.
