French rider breaks away with 12km to go on Haute Savoie climb, leaving the Olympic mountain bike gold medallist just one stage to defend her GC lead

Maëva Squiban finished more than a minute clear of her rivals after a late breakaway, while Kim Le Court retained the yellow jersey

French rider Maëva Squiban shocked the peloton for the second successive day with a perfectly-timed solo attack, surging up Col du Granier to win stage seven