Tour de France women: a legend in yellow, the FDJ affected by the falls … the 2nd stage will leave traces

Looking lost, looking sad, almost dazed, Marta Cavalli pedals like an automaton in slow motion, a frail silhouette tossed about by the wind. On the small roads of the Seine-et-Marnaise countryside, which lead to Provins, his dream crumbled. Half groggy, her body aching, she knows she won’t go much further in this Tour which is given to sprinters. The climber, co-leader with the Danish Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig will not see the Vosges which could have consecrated her next weekend.