Morteau, Friday, August 16th 2024
Kerbaol: “I have never won such a big race”
It was an astonishing performance from 23 year-old French rider Cedrine Kerbaol of the Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team to win Stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Morteau. Kerbaol attacked from the bunch at the top of Côte des Fins with 14.5km to go, descending brilliantly from there to finally make it to the finish line 21” ahead of her closest challenger Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), who concludes the day in the green jersey, with Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) just behind Vos in third. The results of the stage mean that Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) remains in yellow, 16” ahead of Kerbaol and 19” in front of Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale).
Cedrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team): “I’ve been itching a little for 2 or 3 days, I’ve been wanting to go for it! Then there you have it, I felt really good on the climbs, my teammates always helped me to position myself and put me in the best possible place. I had to be patient on the last climb because I often tend to attack a little too early and get counter-attacked. There were a few attacks, then a little moment on the flat and that’s where I went for it. I know that I can make the difference in the descents compared to certain riders. I saw straight away that I had got a gap and then I put myself into time trial mode. The shape of my life? I don’t know, I hope to progress further and become even stronger. I have never won such a big race. I’ve never been closer to all the girls in front. It’s pretty crazy. We will do everything [to have the Yellow Jersey]. You always have to believe in it. Like last year, once I had the white jersey on my shoulders, I told myself I had to go get it. We’re not far away there either. We’re going to try everything and we’ll see later. You just want to have no regrets.”
Stage 6
- Cedrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team) 04h 04′ 41″
- Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike ) +21’’
- Liane Lippert (Movistar Team), +21’’
GC
- Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) en 15h 32′ 31″
- Cedrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team) +16’’
- Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), +19’’
