However, Reusser abandoned with illness just two weeks after a podium finish at the Giro d’Italia, having also been caught up in a crash in Brittany, and the other challengers all lost time on Stage 1 – three seconds for Vollering, nine for Rooijakkers and 52 for Longo Borghini, so Ferrand-Prevot has the consolation that her GC challenge got off to a strong start.
