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Saturday July 30, the Tour de France Women’s peloton attacks a mountainous weekend for the last two stages of the 2022 edition. The Frenchwoman Juliette Labous, leader of the DSM team, currently 7th in the general classification, intends to get closer from the podium on this occasion. Especially with the Super Planche des Belles Filles stage on Sunday 31 July.
From our special correspondent on the Tour de France Women,
Sunday, for the last stage of the Women’s Tour de France, Juliette Labous will play at home. The Super Board of Beautiful Girls, she knows. The native of Franche-Comté, who stayed in the region, had the opportunity to recognize this demanding climb on several occasions.
Always well placed in the general classification, Juliette Labous, a meticulous and gifted girl, intends to play the leading roles for the grand finale.
One touch to everything
The 2020 French time trial champion has had a bike in her head since she was young. She got on a BMX at six years old, practiced mountain biking a little later and ended up choosing the road as a teenager. Turning professional very early, Juliette Labous has already marked the spirits despite her 23 years. This season, she won the Tour de Burgos and won a stage in the Tour of Italy (9e place in the general).
At 18, Juliette Labous had opted for the German team of Team DSM (Sunweb at the time). She had been approached during the world championships in Richmond in 2015, in the United States.
Juliette Labous belongs to this generation of riders who arrived at the right time, that of the professionalization of women’s cycling. She had signed her first professional victory on the Women’s Tour of the Czech Republic on July 8, 2017.
The status of leader
On the Tour de France Women, she definitely has the status of leader on her shoulders and a certain notoriety. Friday in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, a Brazilian couple on vacation in the region came to greet her! ” Of course we know Juliette, we watch women’s races from São Paulo and we love her personality. She has a lot of talent, she is a good climber “, they say. Something to surprise this young woman who is a little shy, but determined.
« Everything is going well at the moment, I feel good, and I hope to enter the top 5 this weekend “Admits Juliette Labous who did not expect to see so many people on the side of the road. « It’s nice »welcomes the one who studied mechanical engineering.
A profession and a passion
« I hope that women’s cycling will continue to progress. I’m young and I want to enjoy it. For me, cycling is my job but it’s also a passion. “, advances Juliette Labous, best young person of the Giro 2019, who had also tried cyclo-cross. His years of BMX, mountain biking and cyclo-cross give him a technical and physical background that makes the difference today on the road.
While women’s cycling remains dominated by Dutch and the Italians, Juliette Labous is now getting into the game. She advises little girls to get on a bike, have fun and see what happens. Kind of like her.
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