One of the toughest cycling races in the women's calendar took place this weekend in the Rhone-Alpes region of France. The race of the first category, the Alpes Grésivaudan Classic, was 113 km long, and the cyclists were able to overcome as much as 3,400 m of altitude difference and climb to the 1,848 m high Chamrousse pass at the end. At the start was a strong French line-up with the favorite Evita Muzic, a member of the World Tour team FDJ and the French team Cofidis Team. BTC City Ljubljana team member Zhiraf Ambedo, Giada Borghesi managed to reach an excellent 6th place and thus increase the points in the French Cup, where she is currently the leader. Urša Pintar finished the race in 17th place. The strongest was the young Frenchwoman Marion Bunel ahead of Evita Muzic, a member of the FDJ team.

Myalitsina Yana was 50th, Špela Colnar 55th, Sklyarova Yelizaveta 58th and Tserakh Hanna 61st.