Lausanne, Aug. 1, 2026 (AFP) - Lorena Wiebes sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes in Lausanne on Saturday to claim the race leader's yellow jersey.
The 27-year-old Dutch rider beat Mauritian Kim Le Court into second with European champion Demi Vollering third.
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Sprint specialist Wiebes, a two-time former European champion, leads the overall standings by four seconds from Le Court and six seconds to Vollering thanks to bonus seconds on the line.
This was Wiebes's 10th Tour stage victory overall and the 132nd victory of her career.
Among the likely overall contenders, Vollering stole a march on some of her rivals by taking four bonus seconds on the line.
That gave her an advantage over the last two winners of this race, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Kasia Niewiadoma, who finished eighth and ninth, respectively, in the same time as the stage winner.
Other potential contenders, Paula Blasi and Anna van der Breggen, conceded an extra eight seconds to Vollering, coming home in 12th and 13th.
Four riders had escaped up the road early on in the 138km stage around Lausanne.
Czech Nikola Noskova, Spaniard Idoia Eraso, Dutch rider Maud Rijnbeek and Frenchwoman Oceane Mahe built up a maximum lead of six minutes, but they were reeled in 6km from the finish.
Sunday's second stage remains in Switzerland and is a hilly 147.9km from Aigle to Geneva.
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When Does The Tour de France Femmes 2026 Start?
The Tour de France Femmes 2026 starts Aug. 1 and will conclude Aug. 9.
The schedule includes nine stages and no rest days.
Every day, the cyclists start together. Every stage varies in distance and physical demand, and the characteristics of each stage determine what type of rider should excel or how the race should finish.
For example, some stages feature flat finishes, and that means the sprinters likely will be battling for those stage wins.
How Long Is The Tour de France Femmes 2026?
The course for the Tour de France Femmes 2026 is 1,174.5 kilometers or just over 730 miles.
The race is nine stages.
Details about the entire route can be found here.
A Look At The Route Map For The Tour de France Femmes 2026
The Tour de France Femmes 2026 will begin Aug. 1 with a flat 138-kilometer ride around Lausanne and along the shores of Lake Geneva.
Stage 2 and Stage 3 also will start in Switzerland, before the race crosses into France for the conclusion of Stage 3.
- Stage 1 - Aug. 1: Lausanne - Lausanne (138km
- Stage 2 - Aug. 2: Aigle - Genève (147.9km
- Stage 3 - Aug. 3: Genève - Poligny (156.5km
- Stage 4 (ITT) - Aug. 4: Gevrey-Chambertin - Dijon (21km)
- Stage 5 - Aug. 5: Mâcon - Belleville-en-Beaujolais (140km)
- Stage 6 - Aug. 6: Montbrison - Tournon-sur-Rhône (153.4km)
- Stage 7 - Aug. 7: La Voulte-sur-Rhône - Mont Ventoux (146.8km)
- Stage 8 - Aug. 8: Sisteron - Nice (171.9km)
- Stage 9 - Aug. 9: Nice - Nice (99.2km)
How Many Teams/Riders Compete In The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift?
This year, the Tour de France Femmes will include 21 teams of seven riders for a total of 147 competitors.
Here’s the list for 2026:
- AG Insurance - Soudal Team
- Canyon//SRAM
- Cofidis Women Team
- EF Education - Oatly
- FDJ United-Suez
- Fenix-Premier Tech
- Human Powered Health
- Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi
- Lidl - Trek
- Liv-AlUla-Jayco
- Lotto Intermarché Ladies
- Ma Petite Entreprise
- Mayenne Monbana My Pie
- Movistar Team
- St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
- Team Picnic PostNL
- Team SD Worx - Protime
- Team Visma | Lease a Bike
- UAE Team L'IMAD
- Uno-X Mobility
- VolkerWessels Cycling Team
To see the complete this of riders for 2026, click here.
Who Won The Tour de France Femmes In 2025?
Since the introduction of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2022, four different riders have taken home the coveted yellow jersey.
In 2025, it was France’s all-around cycling star Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, who claimed two stages along the way. She also won Paris-Roubaix Femmes in 2025.
Ferrand-Prévot's pair of stage wins during the Tour de France Femmes 2025 came consecutively in the final two days of action. She ended up leading the General Classification by more than three and a half minutes.
Demi Vollering, the 2023 champion, finished second (3:42) and was followed by 2024 winner Katarzyna Niewiadoma.
The inaugural edition of the TDF Femmes in 2022 was won by Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands.
Tadej Pogacar Completes Historic Fifth Win In Tour de France 2026
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Van der Poel finished it off on the Champs-Élysées in a thrilling final stage.
In this on-site report, we recap Pogacar’s record fifth Tour de France victory and what it took to win across 21 stages from Barcelona to Paris.
It was a dramatic end to a historic Tour.
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