MONT VENTOUX, France (AP) — Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney launched a decisive attack up Mont Ventoux to win the seventh stage of the Women’s Tour de France and take the overall lead from Marlen Reusser on Friday. It was a first Tour stage win for Niewiadoma-Phinney, who won the 2024 edition without claiming a stage win. “I came here (before) to Mont Ventoux with my friends and my husband, and we rode up the climb three times,” she recalled. Vollering dropped Reusser in the closing stages of the 15.7-kilometer ascent of Ventoux, which has featured several time on the men’s Tour. Two years ago, Niewiadoma-Phinney beat Vollering on the final stage to win the race by just four seconds.