June 14, 2022
Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge 2022 WE – Vaison-la-Romaine – Mont Ventoux : 100 km
The Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge is a professional cycle road race first held in 2019, which takes place between Vaison-la-Romaine and Mont Ventoux. The event is classified by the UCI as category 1.1 in the UCI Europe Tour.
Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope) won the inaugural edition of the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenges Femmes, soloing clear 2.5km from the summit of the Giant of Provence.
Cavalli came home 41 seconds clear of Clara Koppenberg (Cofidis), while French National Champion Evita Muzic (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope) took third, a further eight seconds back.
The 100km race featured some 2,800m of total climbing, with the final haul up Mont Ventoux coming by way of the 24.3km-long approach from Sault. Morgane Coston (Arkéa Pro Cycling) splintered the peloton with an attack at Chalet Reynard, but she would be caught 4km from the summit, eventually placing ninth at 2:33.
Cavalli had FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope teammates Muzic and Brodie Chapman for company on the way up Mont Ventoux, and their work helped to tee up her decisive final move. The Italian danced clear with 2.5km remaining and her victory was never in doubt from that point as she quickly established a winning lead.
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