Distance
153.4km
Eight
Up
Front
A day of Massif Central attrition ended with eight riders clear in Tournon-sur-Rhône and one of them faster than the rest: Kim Le Court-Pienaar, who was dropped on the Col de Lalouvesc, clawed her way back, bridged to the break, attacked solo, got caught — and then won the sprint anyway. Behind, Marlen Reusser marked Demi Vollering all the way to the line, 28 seconds back, with everything still to settle on Mont Ventoux.
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Date
06·08·26
Stage 0202
Le Tour Femmes
Today · Stage 6 · Montbrison → Tournon-sur-Rhône
51.4%
5 / 9 stages603 / 1,175 km4 stages to Nice
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Race ReportCover · Iss. 47
Eight Up Front: Le Court-Pienaar Strikes in Tournon on the Eve of the Ventoux
A day of Massif Central attrition ended with eight riders clear in Tournon-sur-Rhône and one of them faster than the rest: Kim Le Court-Pienaar, who was dropped on the Col de Lalouvesc, clawed her way back, bridged to the break, attacked solo, got caught — and then won the sprint anyway. Behind, Marlen Reusser marked Demi Vollering all the way to the line, 28 seconds back, with everything still to settle on Mont Ventoux.
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06·08·26 · Race Report
After the Pile-Up: Lemmen Wins in Karpacz as Poland's Race Turns Serious
The first mountain day of the Tour de Pologne will be remembered for the wrong reasons first: a 30-to-40-rider pile-up on a rain-slicked descent that stopped the race for nearly forty minutes and left João Almeida bleeding out of contention. When the shortened stage finally reached the hills above Karpacz, Bart Lemmen attacked alone and held off Christian Scaroni — taking the stage, the yellow jersey Jonathan Milan had worn all week, and the polka dots for good measure.
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06·08·26 · Race Report
The Escudo Move: Gall Drops Them All and Takes the Lead in Burgos
Three days, three leaders. On the queen stage of the Vuelta a Burgos — 184 km and seven climbs — Felix Gall waited for the Puerto del Escudo, rode away from the only four riders left in the race, and descended alone to Corconte to win by eleven seconds. Oscar Onley's day in the jersey is over; the Austrian now leads Ciccone by six seconds with the wall of Lagunas de Neila still to come.
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05·08·26 · Race Report
The Brouilly Trio: Vollering Wins the Sprint, Reusser Keeps the Jersey
The Beaujolais delivered exactly the chaos it promised. A nineteen-rider break put Antonia Niedermaier in virtual yellow, FDJ United–SUEZ shredded the race on the penultimate climb, and on Mont Brouilly Demi Vollering went all-in — with only Marlen Reusser and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney able to follow. Vollering took the three-up sprint in Belleville-en-Beaujolais; Reusser saved the yellow jersey by twelve seconds. Mont Ventoux now waits for both of them.
Étape 04Race Report05·08·26
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Three From Three: Milan Completes the Hat-Trick in Zielona Góra
Third stage, third bunch sprint, third win for Jonathan Milan. A six-man break spent 70 km pretending otherwise, a category-three climb 10 km out tried to complicate matters, and none of it changed the ending: the yellow jersey launching up the drag to Zielona Góra with his arms out before anyone else had finished sprinting. The Tour de Pologne is three days old and has yet to produce a second protagonist.
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Étape 05Race Report05·08·26
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Out of the Ravine: Onley Beats Ciccone on Burgos' First Summit
In June, a tree on the side of a ravine saved Oscar Onley's season — maybe more. The crash cost him a dislocated shoulder and the Tour de France he'd built his year around. On Wednesday, on the first summit finish of the Vuelta a Burgos, the 23-year-old Scot beat Giulio Ciccone shoulder-to-shoulder at Valle del Sol for his first win in Netcompany–INEOS colours — and the leader's jersey with it.
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Étape 06Race Report04·08·26
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Back to Winning: Brennan Conquers the Castle in Burgos
Five months after Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne — and after a spring of crashes, illness and a team ordering him to stop — Matthew Brennan is a winner again. Visma | Lease a Bike controlled the opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos all day, Ben Tulett led him into the ramp to the castle, and the 20-year-old Brit did the rest: a 200-metre surge up the Alto del Castillo, a one-two for the team, and the first leader's jersey.
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Étape 07Race Report04·08·26
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No Stopping Him: Milan Makes It Two From Two at the Tour de Pologne
Two stages of the 83rd Tour de Pologne, two bunch sprints, two wins for Jonathan Milan — both of them over Paul Magnier, both of them not particularly close. The Italian champion opened in Koszalin after 234 km, doubled up in Szczecin after surviving a 180-degree corner over tram tracks 400 metres from the line, and keeps the yellow jersey while the sprinters behind him start rethinking their August.
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Étape 08Race Report04·08·26
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Cutting the Mustard: Reusser Times Her Way Into Yellow in Dijon
Movistar called it Project Dijon, and they had been planning it since Christmas: win the stage 4 time trial in the mustard capital, take the mustard-coloured jersey. Marlen Reusser delivered both, beating Lieke Nooijen by four seconds over 21 km while defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot haemorrhaged more than two minutes. The Tour de France Femmes has a new race on its hands.
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Étape 09Race Report26·07·26
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One Last Launch: Van der Poel Steals Paris as Pogačar Joins the Immortals
The truce lasted exactly as long as the first cobbles of Montmartre. Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar went clear on the final climb of the Tour, were hunted down to five seconds at the flamme rouge — and then Van der Poel somehow launched again to win on the Champs-Élysées. Behind them, a fifth yellow jersey, and 159 survivors of the hardest three weeks of the year.
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