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Tour de Romandie Féminin: Elise Chabbey climbs to stage 2 victory as Urška Žigart moves into race lead

Elise Chabbey Yara Kastelijn Claire Steels Mireia Benito Paula Blasi Juliette Labous AG InsuranceSoudal FDJSUEZ Caroline Andersson Mavi García
LA TZOUMAZ, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 16: Elise Chabbey of Switzerland and Team FDJ - SUEZ celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 4th Tour de Romandie Feminin 2025, Stage 2 a 123.2km stage from Conthey to La Tzoumaz 1522m / #UCIWWT / on August 16, 2025 in La Tzoumaz, Switzerland. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) took her first WorldTour victory on stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie Féminin, unleashing a burst of speed in the final hundred metres of the summit finish to La Tzoumaz to beat Urška Žigart (AG Insurance-Soudal), who moved into the overall lead of the race.

The pair were locked together for the entirety of the 12km ascent, with Chabbey only able to break the deadlock in the two-up sprint to win by three seconds. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) fought bravely to cross the line three further seconds behind Žigart in third.

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