
Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) powered to victory on stage 1 of the Tour de France Femmes, outpacing Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) to the line at the end of the uphill drag in Plumelec and took the first yellow leader’s jersey of the nine-day race.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), who attacked inside of 700 metres to go on the Côte de Cadoudal, was reeled in at the line and held on to third place.