Annemiek van Vleuten: ‘The last thing I was thinking about was racing’

The outright favorite has been battling a stomach bug, but is still all in on the GC

Annemiek van Vleuten at Stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes 2022
(Image credit: Getty Images)

With the hills of the French Champagne region as the testing ground for the later, more mountainous stages, stage three of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift would see the climbers and GC hopefuls come forward and shine for the first time this tour.

Of course, all eyes were on outright favorite Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) who thus far hadn’t made much of an appearance this tour. In fact, she’d even lost time on the second stage. 

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