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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289206931.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 5, 2026 11:07AM Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) outsprinted Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and Marlen Reusser (Movistar) on stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in a day that blew open the general classification. Reusser defended the yellow jersey Wednesday despite Vollering and her teammates dominating the final…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Tour-de-France-Femmes-Stage-6-Profile-2026.jpg”] Jim Cotton Published August 5, 2026 08:47AM Stage 6, 153.4km / 2,600m+: Montbrison – Tournon-Sur-Rhône Stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, it’s like stage 5 all over again. The peloton faces a second long, hilly day in a row in this stage through the Ardèche. And again, it…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2270984134-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 5, 2026 08:33AM German gravel great Rosa Klöser is making her Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and she feared it might be over prematurely. After riding the 21km stage 4 time trial between Gevrey-Chambertin and Dijon, she posted in an Instagram  storyafterwards that she “had a little…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2289056981-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 5, 2026 10:58AM Preparation is everything for a time-trial. Knowledge is power, even if actual power goes a long way too. But as Kristen Faulkner knows well from yesterday, the race of truth also comes down to courage. Take her terrifying 90km/h descent off the decisive climb into…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288881841.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published August 5, 2026 04:44AM Elisa Longo Borghini hit back at journalists Tuesday and accused the media of exaggerating reports of tension between UAE Team L’Amid leaders and Spanish sensation Paula Blasi at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. One of the biggest storylines of this year’s Tour de…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Untitled-2400-x-1600-px.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 5, 2026 02:55AM When cyclists cheat at Tour de Guadeloupe, they don’t take half measures. Two riders were caught clinging to a speeding team car as they attempted to regain contact with the peloton on stage 4 of the Caribbean stage race. Images captured by the X user…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/l-twoo.jpg”] David Everett Published August 4, 2026 05:55PM What a day of running around the pits at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift! With the only time trial of the race being run today in Gevrey-Chambertin, stage 4, I took the opportunity to check out all the kit being tested against the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8D_3033-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Published August 4, 2026 12:45PM It was not a shock that defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot lost time to Tour de France Femmes rivals in the stage 4 time-trial between Gevrey-Chambertin and Dijon. It was her first race against the clock since her comeback to the road scene. But the deficit…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Hannah-interviewing-at-the-tour.jpg”] Hannah Gross Published August 4, 2026 12:40PM Welcome to Dropped, a new weekly road and gravel cycling newsletter from Velo that brings you the latest ideas we’re debating endlessly on group rides, and a look behind the scenes of our coverage.   Sign up for Dropped Hello, Velo! This is Hannah Gross, your…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288255206.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 4, 2026 05:24PM Marlen Reusser (Movistar) powered to victory and into the yellow jersey in Tuesday’s stage 4 time trial at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift as the 21km test against the clock reshuffled the overall standings. The race’s lone time trial promised to shake up…