One of the GC winners on Saturday’s stage 1 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto), who took time on all but one of her key overall rivals when she crossed the line in fourth. Still, that wasn’t enough for the defending champion, not when she felt more was in reach.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) threw a spanner in the works for her rivals when she rode off the front of the field on the climb to the finish, before Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) and teammate Marianne Vos bridged and sprinted for the victory, with Vos claiming the stage and first yellow of the race.
