Inspired by the polka-dots Belgian Justine Ghekiere takes stage 7 summit win at the 2024 Tour de France Femmes
Cycling
On the stage 7 mountain top finish at the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, it was quite aptly the Queen of the Mountains Justine Ghekiere who prevailed with a brilliant stage win.
The penultimate stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, six riders got themselves up the road and into the day's breakaway. Among them, both the Green Jersey Marianne Vos and the Queen of the Mountains Justine Ghekiere. Heading into the final 30km, they still held an advantage of over four minutes from the peloton as well.
With the stage finishing atop Grand Bornand - Montée de Chinaillon and being all uphill for the last 20km however, the breakaway were by no means certain of fighting it out amongst themselves for the stage win. With Marianne Vos having started the day just 1:53 down though, and the break still 3:50 clear in the final 17km, was the legendary Dutchwoman beginning to dream of the Maillot Jaune?
As the climbing began, Ghekiere quickly proved herself the strongest of the breakaway, building both an advantage on the road and extending her lead in the Queen of the Mountains classification. As she summitted the first of the two climbs towards the line, Ghekiere was a minute clear of Vos and Sara Martin, with the peloton still 2:30 down the road.
With 7km left for the leader however, Demi Vollering launched the first testing move from the GC group, although, the Dutchwoman couldn't distance Katarzyna Niewiadoma and soon pulled back her efforts as a result. The stop start nature of the racing behind was helping the lone leader though, and as Ghekiere entered the final 5km, she was still 2:13 clear of the Maillot Jaune.
With 2.5km to go Vos and Martin were swept up, with Niewiadoma leading the dwindling GC group herself, as Vollering and Puck Pieterse glued themselves to the back wheel of the Maillot Jaune. Ghekiere was still looking strong though, 1:30 clear into the final 2km and there was no catching her for the stage win as Niewiadoma and Vollering cancelled each other out.
Results powered by FirstCycling.com
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
His reporting spans the full racing calendar, from one-day classics to stage races, with a focus on accurate, real-time coverage and clear contextual analysis. For statistics, results, and historical context, he regularly uses resources such as ProCyclingStats. To support reporting on rider activity and training context where relevant, he also references Strava.
In his work, Kieran places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles as new, verified information becomes available.
claps 0visitors 0
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- Yes, so why not make comments less pointless?Jumpyjohn08-11-2026
- What a race! I didn't expect Vanthourenhout to collapse like that, and Wyseure did take the fight to Nys, but there was no doubt at the end. I also wonder what Aubin Sparfel would be capable of were he to race in the elites now. In the U23 ranks he is making good work of Giel Lejeune, who himself is among the better riders in the elites, and a top 10 contender in the big races (3rd at Kleebergcross, 8th at Berencross and 5th at Heerderstrand). In the French Cup, Sparfel is significantly better than Romain Debord (8th at Koppenbergcross and 10th at the Euros) and Rémi Lelandais (12th at Koppenbergcross and 19th at the Euros).
Rafionain-Glas08-11-2026 - There really was nothing in it. Schreiber was so much faster, and Brand was fighting to stay in the wheel in the sprint. Schreiber did move a bit, but to say she closed the door doesn't make sense because Brand couldn't enter it anyway, abd she wasn't impeded.Rafionain-Glas08-11-2026
- He should have been allowed to go to Movistar. Right now both arent a good fit for each other and are just wasting each other's time and effortabstractengineer08-11-2026
- Thibau Nys does exactly what Iserbyt is calling forRafionain-Glas08-11-2026
- i did not see it. was the relegation justified or an overly hard decision? and don‘t cross riders deviate from straight lines all the time? bumping into each others when they cut corners, etc … why being more strict with the rules on the finish sprint?Ketterechts08-11-2026
- seems like we are advertising the website with pointless comments…Ketterechts08-11-2026
- So?Jumpyjohn08-11-2026
- The UCI do have their favorites.
Front24208-11-2026 - On a positive note, you maybe notice turning this topic into a discussion has the benefit of eliminating certain participants who do not see how they can turn it back to their sole interest ;-)Jumpyjohn08-11-2026
Loading
The best sit in the house 🚗 La meilleure vue possible 🚗 #TDFF2024 l #WatchTheFemmes l @GoZwift
Write a comment