Team Owner Thomas Campana commented after the stage: “Today we worked for our best-positioned GC rider Mikayla. We were looking for opportunities to launch Marlen into a breakaway, but it was a short and fast stage and so it was much harder than expected. We had a tough last 40km, but the team defended the positions they held when they started the stage. We continue to be the best-placed squad in the team classification, have two riders in the top 10, with Lizzy also in 11th place overall, and Mikyala in the white jersey. Tomorrow we’ll start the last three stages with significant climbing and so we’ll see what we can do there. I am happy that the team is in good form, and nobody is too tired after the previous stages. Elise was involved in some crashes, but she is a tough rider and I am confident she can defend her tenth position in GC.“
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