Tour de France Femmes 2026
Sigfrid Haugset won the 3rd stage of the Tour de France Femmes and took over the yellow jersey from Lorena Wiebes. The next stage is an individual time trial featuring a short climb halfway through, while Wednesday serves up a gruelling hilly stage culminating in the steep vineyards of the Beaujolais. Friday's queen stage finishes atop Mont Ventoux and the Tour concludes on Sunday with a hilly circuit around Nice.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Haugset seals double win with monster solo
With roughly 85 kilometres to go, Sigfrid Haugset attacks from the breakaway. It looks like a hopeless mission, but it isn't. Lotte Kopecky sets off in pursuit and closes to within 10 seconds, but over the final 10 kilometres the gap opens up again. The Norwegian rides solo to a double triumph: stage victory and yellow jersey.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 3: Geneva - Poligny
Monday 3 August – Stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes features roughly 2,500 metres of elevation gain, most of which comes in the first half of the 156.5-kilometre route from Geneva to Poligny.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 4: Gevrey-Chambertin - Dijon
Tuesday 4 August – The 4th stage of the Tour de France Femmes is a 21-kilometre individual time trial. Just before the halfway mark, the riders face a climb that rises for 1.8 kilometres at an average gradient of 6.9% on its steepest section.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 5: Mâcon - Belleville-en-Beaujolais
Wednesday 5 August – At 140 kilometres, the 5th stage of the Tour de France Femmes takes the riders from Mâcon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais. It is a hilly race featuring eight climbs and 2,800 metres of elevation gain.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Riders
Giro winner Demi Vollering is determined to dethrone defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, while Anna van der Breggen lines up for her third Grand Tour of the year. Vuelta winner Paula Blasi is also in the field. Voilà, the start list for the Tour de France Femmes.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Route
The Tour de France Femmes serves up 18,775 metres of elevation gain over 1,174.7 kilometres. The queen stage finishes atop Mont Ventoux, while the individual time trial on day four, the gruelling hilly stage on day five and the final stage, which features multiple ascents of the Col d'Èze just outside Nice, are also important in the battle for the yellow jersey.
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