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  • Tour de France Femmes Stage 6: Le Court Overpowers Breakaway Following Determined Pursuit

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289345578.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 6, 2026 12:02PM Kim Le Court clocked up the second Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift stage win of her career in fine style on Thursday. The Mauritian champion recovered from a mechanical, bridged across to a strong six woman breakaway inside the final 10km, then leaped clear…

  • Enormous Desire for Full TV Coverage of Tour de France Femmes Stages Says Race Director

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8D_7354-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 6, 2026 09:11AM Watch the Femmes is a Tour de France Femmes’ tagline and a movement by the race’s title sponsor Zwift. It is on posters and printed on cycling caps. The only problem is, it is not possible for anyone to sit on their couch and see…

  • Massive 30-Rider Pileup Blocks Road at Tour de Pologne, Lemmen Wins After Crash

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289331951.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 6, 2026 12:25PM A huge crash involving about 30 riders brought stage 4 of the Tour de Pologne to a halt Thursday after rain-slick roads triggered a pileup that blocked the road. Riders at the front of the peloton slid out on a descent and sparked a chain…

  • Biathlon Superstar Émilien Jacquelin Swaps Rifle for Road Bike in Pro Cycling’s Most Improbable Debut

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/emilien-jacquelin-biathlon-road-cycling.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 6, 2026 07:34AM Biathlete superstar Émilien Jacquelin will trade snow for tarmac this month when he makes this season’s most improbable pro road debut. The Olympic medalist will line up in Decathlon-CMA CGM colors at La Polynormande on August 16 before tackling the punchy four-day Tour du Limousin…

  • How the Brutal Mont Ventoux Will Blow Open the GC Battle at the Tour de France Femmes

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2225533477.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 6, 2026 10:05AM The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift had the Col du Tourmalet, Alpe d’Huez, and the Col du Madeleine. And now for the first time ever, it’s got the brutal Mont Ventoux. It’s the hardest climb in the history of the Femmes, and it’s poised…

  • Isaac del Toro Signs Long-Term Deal with UAE and Pogačar to Lock Down Tour de France Future

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2287122694.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 6, 2026 03:31AM Isaac del Toro extended his contract with UAE Emirates-XRG through 2031 on Thursday to give Tadej Pogačar‘s superteam a lock on the Tour de France podium for two more years. Del Toro, third overall at this year’s Tour, had been signed with UAE through 2029…

  • Is More Stages Better? Tour de France Femmes Stars Pick Their Magic Number

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8A_8544-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 6, 2026 02:56AM The only way is up for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. It started out as an eight-stage race on its debut in 2022 and upped to nine last year. Women’s racing’s leading race could have more stages in the very near future. UCI…

  • The Happiest Third Place: Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney Wants Yellow After Perfect Tactics

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8C_3414-2-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 5, 2026 01:09PM To see her post-stage reaction, it would have been easy to think the beaming Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney had won stage five of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. At the Canyon-SRAM team bus in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, there were hugs with teammates and high fives shared with…

  • Yellow Cards, Fines After Shimano Neutral Service Motorbike Knocks Noemi Rüegg Off Bike at Tour de France Femmes

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289193571.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 5, 2026 02:37PM Noemi Rüegg was knocked to the tarmac after a Shimano neutral service motorcycle clipped her handlebars in the chaos of stage 5 at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift on Wednesday. The jury later sanctioned neutral service motorbike driver Reynald Bos and EF Education-Oatly…

  • Pauline Ferrand-Prévot Has No Excuses as Yellow Jersey Dream Evaporates

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289209102.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 5, 2026 12:43PM Pauline Ferrand-Prévot may have been excused for hemorrhaging time Tuesday in the stage 4 time trial of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. She had not raced against the clock since she returned to road racing, after all. There was no excuse for the…