
Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) retained the yellow jersey after stage seven of the Tour de France Femmes.
The stage, which took the race close to the Alps, was won by solo escapee Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) for the second day running.
Le Court looked for a moment as if she would lose time on Friday, but made her way back to her GC rivals to retain the race lead. The top five stayed the same.
The points and QOM competitions remained the same, with Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) and Elise Chabbey (FDJ-SUEZ) in control of these, respectively.
Frenchwoman Julie Bego of Cofidis lost her lead in the young rider's competition to Nienke Vinke of Picnic PostNL.
Tour de France Femmes stage seven: Bourg-en-Bresse > Chambéry (159.7km)
1. Maeva Squiban (Fra) UAE Team ADQ, in 3:58:26
2. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) EF Education-Oatly +51s
3. Ruth Edwards (USA) Human Powered Health, at same time
4. Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek +53s
5. Dominika Włodarczyk (Pol) UAE Team ADQ +1:00
6. Kim Le Court (Mau) AG Insurance-Soudal
7. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
8. Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ-SUEZ
9. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
10. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek, all at same time
Tour de France Femmes general classification after stage 7
1. Kim Le Court (Mau) AG Insurance-Soudal, in 22:28:31
2. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike, +26s
3. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto, +30s
4. Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ-SUEZ, + 31s
5. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, +35s
6. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +1:04
7. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) EF Education-Oatly, +1:09
8. Sarah Gigante (Aus) AG Insurance-Soudal, +1:14
9. Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ-SUEZ, +1:35
10. Juliette Labous (Fra) FDJ-SUEZ, at same time
Tour de France Femmes points classification after stage 6
1. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 208pts
2. Marianne Vos (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike, 178pts
3. Kim Le Court (Mau) AG Insurance-Soudal, 133pts
4. Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ-SUEZ, 108pts
5. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 88pts
Tour de France Femmes mountains classification after stage 7
1. Elise Chabbey (Sui) FDJ-SUEZ, 29pts
2. Maeva Squiban (Fra) UAE Team ADQ, 17pts
3. Silke Smulders (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco, 17pts
4. Brodie Chapman (Aus) UAE Team ADQ, 14pts
5. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, 4pts
Tour de France Femmes youth classification after stage 7
1. Nienke Vinke (Ned) Picnic PostNL, in 22:37:46
2. Julie Bego (Fra) Cofidis, +21s
3. Titia Ryo (Fra) Arkéa-B&B Hotels, +9:18
4. Francesca Barale (Ita) Picnic PostNL, +23:42
5. Marion Bunel (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike, +29:03
Tour de France Femmes teams classification after stage 7
1. FDJ-SUEZ in 67:29:14
2. AG Insurance-Soudal, +6:02
3. Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto, +12:53