Despair turned to celebration on the champagne roads of the Marne for the effervescent Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Suez) who won stage three of the Tour de France Femmes, from Reims to Épernay, after she outsprinted the overall race leader, Marianne Vos.
The Dane, who was in tears after crashing and losing time on stage two, was in tears of joy, after her explosive acceleration took her clear of Vos in the last 100 metres. It is hard to imagine a more exuberant winner in the long history of the Tour de France.