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The Latest Breaking News from the Tour de France Femmes

'I will never give up' – Kim Le Court-Pienaar sprints to victory on stage six of the Tour de France Femmes

The Mauritian national champion staged a stunning recovery and outgunned Cédrine Kerbaol and Puck Pieterse to secure her second TdF Femmes victory

Cycling Weekly

'We still believe that we can turn it around' – Cédrine Kerbaol slides off Tour de France Femmes GC podium on stage 5 but there is no giving up the fight

'If this was our bad day, then it's maybe not so bad' says EF Education-Oatly sports director Daniel Foder after French rider drops from third to ninth overall

Cycling News

Tour de France Femmes: Vollering victorious on stage five as Ferrand-Prévot’s defence unravels

Race favourite Demi Vollering won a three-way sprint to claim stage five at the Tour de France Femmes

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'I had to try' – Demi Vollering's late roll of the dice pays off as the Tour de France Femmes hits the hills on stage 5

'Marlen has not won a Tour yet, and she will have to work for it as well' FDJ United-Suez contender to fight all the way for her second yellow jersey

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Vollering wins stage 5 as Reusser clings to Tour de Femmes lead

Race favourite Demi Vollering won a tense three-way sprint to claim stage five of the Tour de France Femmes on Wednesday, but Marlen Reusser retained the overall lead by 12 seconds after the Swiss rider shadowed her Dutch rival to the finish.

France 24

'Salaries are being paid that defy all logic' – As the Tour de France Femmes booms, there are warnings about the economics of women's cycling

Fenix-Premier Tech team manager Philip Roodhooft warns that 'The investments have become too large to work with the current calendar'

Cycling News

How does padding out your bra make you faster on a bike?

So-called 'bra maxxing' has caused a stir at the Tour de France Femmes, but why are riders doing it, and why does it make you faster?

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Tour de France Femmes cyclists face checks for aerodynamic-boosting chest padding

Riders at the Tour de France Femmes were subject to extra clothing checks before Tuesday’s stage following claims some could be using extra padding to seek an aerodynamic advantage

The Guardian - UK

Tour de France Femmes: Reusser aces stage four time trial to snatch yellow jersey

Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser showed her time trial pedigree to win stage four of the Tour de France Femmes and take the yellow jersey

The Guardian - UK

The decision not to provide full TV coverage of the Tour de France Femmes is a disgrace, but it seems like cycling is waking up to this

Fans wanting to watch all of the biggest women’s race of the year could instead watch all 232km of a forgettable sprint stage in Poland

Cycling Weekly

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

A lovely few days from Lausanne to Geneva, but only two Swiss riders on the start list and not many pathways to the WorldTour

Cycling News

A plan months in the making and 'a very hard worker' – How Uno-X Mobility grabbed double success at the Tour de France Femmes

Sigrid Haugset had her eye on stage 3 for weeks, and on Monday she 'showed the world who she is'

Cycling News

Sigrid Haugset stuns Tour de France Femmes favourites by storming to stage win

Sigrid Haugset, the Norwegian national champion, shocked the established order in the Tour de France Femmes by breaking away to take the overall lead

The Guardian - UK

'It's unreal' –Sigrid Haugset takes victory on stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes with the longest solo breakaway victory in race's history

Uno-X Mobility rider holds off Lotte Kopecky for 89km for historic win, and moves into the yellow jersey

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The Economic Times

Who is Harshita Jakhar, the Rajasthan cyclist who started on Patiala's roads and made history at Tour de France?

Rajasthan cyclist Harshita Jakhar made history by becoming the first Indian woman to feature at Tour de France Femmes. The 19-year-old, who began cycling on Patiala's roads, joined the UCI World Cycling Talent programme and is now targeting success at the 2026 Asian Games.

Cycling News

'I never expected to come this close' – Riejanne Markus and Lidl-Trek 450 metres from glory as the Tour de France Femmes' great disruptors

German squad get creative to try and beat 'sprinter from another planet' Lorena Wiebes in Geneva

Cycling Weekly

'I honestly didn't expect that' – how one rider almost foiled Lorena Wiebes's sprint supremacy at the Tour de France Femmes

Riejanne Markus came within seconds of victory on stage two

France 24

Lorena Wiebes takes second win at Women's Tour de France

Lorena Wiebes again sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Women’s Tour de France on Sunday. The Dutch rider won the flat 147.9km stage from Aigle to Geneva, the second on Swiss territory, in 3 hours, 42 minutes, 8 seconds.

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Lorena Wiebes powers to back-to-back stage wins at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

The SD Worx-Protime rider sprinted to victory in Geneva to claim her second consecutive stage win

Cycling News

Why is Paula Blasi in white? - Tour de France Femmes quietly changes under-23 jersey to under-24

Blasi donning the white jersey after stage 1 caused much confusion over the supposed under-23 classification, but apparently the rules were changed

Cycling News

'It's less about finding a few more watts, more about understanding the strategy' – Kate Courtney's road discovery continues with Tour de France Femmes special appearance

New signing joins team for Grand Départ in Switzerland to celebrate Red Bull launch and take in everything behind the scenes

Cycling News

The GC final standings at the Tour de France Femmes 2026 – after a valiant fight to overcome the deficit, the yellow jersey is finally confirmed

Demi Vollering holds onto the yellow jersey, extending her overall lead by winning the stage

France 24

Wiebes wins Tour de France Femmes opener to win first yellow jersey

Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes claimed the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday after winning the opening stage in Lausanne, finishing ahead of Mauritian Kim Le Court and European champion Demi Vollering in a sprint finish.

Cycling News

Scare for favourite Marlen Reusser after a crash during the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes

Movistar leader left chasing in final kilometres into Lausanne

Cycling News

'The body is an amazing thing' – Urška Žigart back in action at the Tour de France Femmes, six weeks on from Tour de Suisse horror crash

'I can't say that I'm in the shape of my life, but after that terrible fall, I know that I have to enjoy my life' says Slovenian

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