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Matilda Price

A very Swiss start to the Tour de France Femmes, but what next for women's cycling in Switzerland?

Riders in a breakaway compete during the second (out of 9) stage of the fifth edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 147.9 km from Aigle to Geneva, on August 2, 2026. (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP via Getty Images).

Tuesday marks the first full day in France for this year's Tour de France Femmes, after a very Swiss start marked the race's second-ever foreign Grand Départ in five editions.

In many ways, the part of Switzerland we were in – Lausanne, Aigle and Geneva – doesn't feel particularly different from France, as we're only just over the border, but there was a distinct Swiss flavour to the first three stages.

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