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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288908460.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 3, 2026 10:48AM Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Uno-X Mobility) rode solo at the front of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift for more than two hours of racing to deliver a slightly bonkers against-all-odds victory Monday. The Norsewoman attacked out of the day’s early breakaway 88km from the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8A_8963.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 3, 2026 08:57AM Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift favorite Demi Vollering was caught up in an early crash on Monday’s tricky transition stage. The 2023 champion hit the ground in an incident that unfolded hours before the international television broadcast began. Video posted by the Tour de…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2283703437-scaled.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 3, 2026 07:46AM The Olympic rings necklace peeking out from the top of Sandrine Tas’ jersey is a dead giveaway to her very recent past. In February, the Belgian was racing all-out on the ice at the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina for a speed skating medal. She wept…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2227564558.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 3, 2026 04:47AM Watching Lorena Wiebes completely dominate the sprints in the sport leads to all sorts of superlatives, and they are well deserved. She took back to back wins in the Tour de France Femmes in recent days, blitzing her rivals on both stages 1 and 2.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Z8A_5841-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 3, 2026 03:41AM Bra-Maxxing might be the latest illicit aero workaround of the women’s peloton. Wielerflits reported Sunday night that several teams at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift have voiced concern over riders wearing over-sized bras stuffed with padding in the quest for free watts. An…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Z8C_9143-2.jpg”] Jim Cotton Updated August 3, 2026 03:51AM Tadej Pogačar is confirmed for the 2026 Vuelta a España. After much speculation, UAE Emirates-XRG revealed Monday morning that the 27-year-old will double back from his fifth Tour de France victory to line up for the Spanish tour on August 22. Pogačar first burst onto…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288027565.jpg”] Andy McGrath Updated August 3, 2026 09:39AM While her teammate Elisa Longo Borghini is riding higher on GC, there is a lot of Tour de France Femmes chatter about the potential of breakout star Paula Blasi. With good reason, too. A latecomer to cycling, she won the Vuelta a España Femenina in…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2288760916.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated August 2, 2026 12:20PM Lorena Wiebes gave yet another reminder she is the best bunch sprinter in women’s cycling, winning stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift in style on Sunday. The SD Worx-Protime rider launched inside the final 200 meters, accelerating hard on the right…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Tour-de-France-Femmes-Stage-3-Profile-2026.jpg”] Andrew Hood Published August 2, 2026 10:26AM Stage 3, Genève to Poligny  156.5km / 2,430m Stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is the first real GC test of the race. Just 24km into the race, the peloton tackles the Cat. 1 Col de la Faucille, (11.4km at 6.3%)…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/world-champ-cannondale.jpg”] David Everett Updated August 2, 2026 10:49AM Lausanne, Switzerland, is a fancy old place. Heck! all of Switzerland is; they like their bling, their nice cars, their flash houses, and of course swish Swiss watches. They’ve got it going on. But the peloton also like a bit of bling, and if you’re…