Evita Muzyk's dream of winning the summit of the Alpe d'Huez became increasingly difficult to achieve on stage 8 of the Tour de France Femme when race officials cracked down after she took a natural rest before the final climb of the Col du Grandon.

Despite this setback, the FDJ-Suez rider finished third on the summit of the Alpe d'Huez, just missing the podium in the overall class.

“It's a shame I didn't make the podium, but the three girls in front of me were better than me,” Mujic said of her final position.

Mujic finished the eight-stage race in fourth place behind overall winner Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), runner-up Demi Vollering (SD Works-Protime), and third-place finisher Pauliena Loijackers (Phoenix-Desseunink).

FDJ-Suez riders were forced to chase nearly 20km back to the peloton before the first HC climb at the 98.5km mark of the 149.9km race, after a barrage that prevented team cars from moving to the back of the pack to help rejoin the fallen riders He revealed to the media that.

Once back in the pack, he was unable to handle the steep attacks of Vollering and Roy Jackers, but had enough energy to be part of the chase group. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]