The Col du Galibier then the Croix de Fer barely digested and now Ons Jabeur, steaming calves, finds himself at the foot of the Alpe d’Huez this morning. The Tunisian lives her alpine stage at Wimbledon and there is no question of donning strawberries with cream at the refueling, as the course is tough. She first finely grinded the Czech Petra Kvitova, double winner here, before getting up hard on the pedals on Wednesday to climb the obstacle Elena Rybakina, her Kazakh torturer in the final last year. No valley to reduce the stiffness of the legs, the world number 6 is stuck this Thursday with the number 2, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.
