And then there was one. The Col de la Madeleine was always going to be the decisive stretch of road in this year's Tour de France Femmes, and so it proved as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot soloed away from her rivals to take the stage and with it the yellow jersey.
With her magical solo triumph atop the 18.6km Alpine col, the 33-year-old has surely cemented herself as the first French Tour de France winner in four decades, following in the wheel tracks of Bernard Hinault, who won the men's title in 1985, and Jeannie Longo, who last won the women's title in 1989.
