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Tour de France Femmes 2026 – Launch & Yellow Jersey Defence

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Tour de France Femmes 2026 – Launch & ~~Title Defense~~ Yellow Jersey Defence

The fifth edition of the Tour de France Femmes runs ~~from 1 to 9~~ 1–9 August 2026 over nine stages, beginning ~~with a Grand Départ~~ in ~~Lausanne, Switzerland,~~ Lausanne and ~~concluding~~ finishing in ~~Nice, France. The 1 175 km route features a 21‑km individual time trial,~~ Nice after a summit finish on Mont ~~Ventoux,~~ Ventoux on stage 7 and a finale ~~that includes~~ with four climbs of the Col d’Èze. The 1 175 km route includes a 21‑km individual time trial and terrain reminiscent of Liège‑Bastogne‑Liège. A ~~field~~ peloton of 147 riders from 21 WorldTour and invited ProTeams ~~will contest the race, highlighted by~~ features defending champion Pauline Ferrand‑Prévot, who says she has “nothing to lose, I already won the Tour” and will defend the yellow jersey under her team’s “Project Yellow”. Visma | Lease a Bike has built a very heavy race plan, with an early‑season programme that is less brutal but produces higher power outputs than the previous year. Team manager Rutger Tijssen highlighted the decisive Mont Ventoux finish. The squad includes five Dutch riders – Marianne Vos (road captain and versatile stage hunter), Lieke Nooijen, Daniek Hengeveld, Femke de Vries and Sarah van Dam – plus French rider Marion Bunel. Other top contenders are former winners Demi ~~Vollering and~~ Vollering, Kasia Niewiadoma, ~~and other top contenders such as~~ Anna van der Breggen, Elisa Longo Borghini, Marlen Reusser and newcomer Elisabeth Ebras, the first Estonian woman to ride the Tour. Ferrand‑Prévot has reiterated her intent to defend the yellow jersey and added spring‑classic goals, targeting the Tour of Flanders and Liège‑Bastogne‑Liège before the Tour. Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s strategy centres on protecting her lead while granting Marianne Vos limited freedom to chase stage victories and contest the green jersey; Vos is described as a versatile stage hunter. Local authorities in France and the Swiss canton of Freiburg have announced temporary road closures and traffic restrictions for the opening ~~stage~~ and mountain stages, while organisers prepare fan zones and activation programmes along the route. The race also marks the rebranding of UAE Team ADQ to UAE Team L'IMAD with a new jersey.

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