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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: Marlen Reusser rockets into yellow jersey with victory in Dijon on stage 4 time trial

Demi Vollering moves to second overall with third place in race against the clock

Cycling News

Zoe Backstedt misses out on podium as Marlen Reusser wins Tour de France Femmes stage four

Britain’s Zoe Backstedt was just two seconds off the podium, with world time trial champion Marlen Reusser taking yellow for the first time alongside her stage win

The Independent UK

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'Project Dijon' – Marlen Reusser powers to stage 4 time trial victory at Tour de France Femmes, takes yellow

General classification shakeup takes place on road to Dijon

Cycling Weekly

Tour de France Femmes rocked by padded bra controversy

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The Independent 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

Canyon-SRAM announce European bank Scalable Capital as new team backer

New sponsor logo already appearing on riders' helmets and on team vehicles during ongoing Tour de France Femmes

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Haugset claims third stage and overall lead at Women's Tour de France

Sigrid Haugset will go into Tuesday's fourth stage individual time trial at the Women's Tour de France sporting the race leader's yellow jersey, after a dazzling ride to claim Monday's third stage.

Radio France Internationale

Padded bra row erupts with Tour de France Femmes riders to face extra clothing checks

Teams have reportedly raised concerns over the use of padded bras at this year’s Tour

The Independent UK

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 tool in this fight' – UCI president David Lappartient backs night-time anti-doping testing in men's Tour de France

Ongoing lack of ITA communiqués of positive doping tests from race is potential indication that 'there was nothing in the Tour'

Cycling News

Tour de France Femmes Tech Gallery: Lightweight parts, custom paint and a host of clever tech tricks

Tech tidbits, fun paint, and SpongeBob SquarePants grace the opening weekend of the women's Tour de France

Cycling News

'If there are points up for grabs, then I’m not going to let them slip by' – Puck Pieterse remains focussed on original Tour de France Femmes goal despite taking polka dot jersey

'I feel good on the bike, so I hope to be able to show myself in the hills' says Dutch racer

Cycling News

Who is Sigrid Haugset? From racing Paris-Roubaix with a broken hip to making Tour de France Femmes history

A former runner. A military reservist. A climbing domestique. Here are 12 things you should know about the yellow jersey wearer

Cycling Weekly

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France 24

Norway's Haugset wins stage 3 to claim Tour de France Femmes lead

Norway's Sigrid Haugset won stage three of the Women's Tour de France on Monday, seizing the overall lead and yellow jersey from Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes. Haugset launched a gutsy solo attack less than halfway into the hilly 156.6km route between Geneva and Poligny, and held off Belgium's Lotte Kopecky.

The Independent UK

Tadej Pogacar’s full circle moment at Vuelta a Espana shows how he’s redefined cycling

Fresh from a fifth yellow jersey at the Tour de France, the Slovenian great is targeting the final grand tour missing from his palmares

Cycling Weekly

Tadej Pogačar to ride 2026 Vuelta a España, aiming to complete Grand Tour triple

Five-time Tour de France winner returns to race for first time since 2019 for UAE Team Emirates-XRG

Cycling News

'Less stressful, less sickness, less injury' – A year on from disastrous Tour de France Femmes debut Australia's Lucie Fityus embraces new role at Picnic-PostNL

Racing her second Tour, Fityus has already surpassed 2025 where she missed the time cut on day two while riding with French squad St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93

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Radio France Internationale

Wiebes triumphs again to set stage win record at Women's Tour de France

Lorena Wiebes from the Netherlands won her second consecutive stage at the 2026 Women's Tour de France on Sunday to set a record of seven stage victories in the five-year-old race.

Cycling News

'Quite shy' and 'an absolute killer' –The two sides of Tour de France Femmes sprint dominator Lorena Wiebes

'I'm not really a sprinter type off the bike' says double stage winner

The Guardian - UK

UCI president backs night-time drug testing after Tour de France controversy

The UCI president, David Lappartient, has given his support to night-time testing, as happened at the Tour de France, in ‘exceptional cases’

The Guardian - UK

It’s double Dutch as Lorena Wiebes wins second stage of Tour de France Femmes

The Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes took her second win in this year’s Tour de France Femmes in Geneva, further extending her overall lead in the nine-day race

Cycling News

'We could not let this slip through our fingers' – SD Worx-Protime face burden of favourites as they burn through whole team on Tour de France Femmes sprint stage

Lorena Wiebes says no feeling of frustration at being forced to chase as DS suggests other teams 'do nothing and also lose'

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.

Cycling News

'We can learn from these situations' - Einer Rubio calls for better Tour de France safety regulations following his Alpe d'Huez crash

Colombian rider collided with the back of the UAE Team Emirates-XRG car after a spectator fell into the road

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