Marlen Reusser has described the tactical duel with Demi Vollering on the slopes of Mont Ventoux as "really stupid from both of us", as the pair let Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney sail away to the stage win and the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes.
Reusser had started the day in yellow and was holding firm as the GC group shrunk to just that leading trio once again on the lower slopes of Ventoux, but when Niewiadoma launched an attack 9.7km from the top, the race flipped tactically.
