In Vals-les-Bains, France, the riders were presented with a time trial of over twenty kilometres. De Vries, who started second to last as number three in the classification, paced herself well and completed the course in 28 minutes and 44 seconds. This meant she only had to concede to Mischa Bredewold, Monica Trinca Colonel and Maeva Squiban.

"I can definitely be satisfied with this", De Vries said afterwards. "I had to get into my rhythm at first. On the climb, I couldn't quite reach the numbers I wanted to, but thanks to the encouragement of sports director Jos van Emden, I kept up a good pace. At the end, I still had a lot of power left to race as fast as possible to the finish. All in all, I'm happy with how it went."

De Vries still sits in third place in the general classification. Chladoňová (seventh) and Bunel (tenth) are also doing well for the yellow and black brigade. "We have a good position for the coming days. Tomorrow's stage suits us well, so we're going to make the most of it. I think there's even more possible than we've shown so far."