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Do the TdF Femmes Riders Also Compete for the Yellow Jersey?

Four jerseys will be awarded during the first-ever edition of the TdF Femmes. But are they the same as the men's? And what do they mean?

Four jerseys will be awarded during the first-ever edition of the TdF Femmes starting in Paris on July 24. The yellow jersey goes to the overall race leader. But the other three—the green, polka dot, and white jerseys—also play significant roles, and with the race only being eight stages long, we may see action-packed racing each day. So let the battles begin!

Here’s a breakdown of what each jersey means, and what riders must do throughout the race to earn them.

Yellow Jersey

For most, the race’s fabled yellow jersey, or maillot jaune, stands above all else, as it designates the rider who leads the General Classification . After each stage, officials calculate who has the fastest time across the entire race. The jersey then goes to the overall leader, who gets to wear it in the following stage. And because it’s based on time and not points, the yellow won’t necessarily go to the given day’s stage winner.

Contenders for yellow—and, therefore, the overall Tour de France Femmes title—are well-rounded cyclists and smart tacticians with skills in both climbing and time trialling. They must also show enough strength to hold the pace of the peloton, especially as rival teams work together to drop the leader at every possible opportunity.

Green Jersey

The green jersey, or maillot vert , goes to the leader of the Points Classification. Riders can earn these points at intermediate sprints that come mid-stage, though most are won at the stage finish for the first 10-25 riders who cross. The amount of points given depends on the day’s stage profile—whether it’s flat or mountainous, for example.

While known as the “sprinter’s jersey,” the green will ultimately go to a well-rounded and consistent rider. Although most points are traditionally gained at the finish of the flatter stages (where the sprinters can shine), the competition has also gone to riders who show tremendous persistence, picking up points where they can.

Polka Dot Jersey

The polka dot jersey goes to the leader of the Mountains Classification. Points in this contest are awarded to the first riders who reach the summit of designated climbs on each stage.

Tour de France climbs are ranked from category 1 (most difficult) to category 4 (least difficult). A fifth class, hors catégorie (“beyond category”), is reserved for the most challenging ascents. The amount of points awarded depends on the difficulty of each climb, though sometimes shorter or milder climbs will join a higher category if they come at the end of a stage.

Of course, the rider in polka dots must be strong climber. Often, it goes to small, lightweight riders with very high power outputs. The KoM competition comes into its own once the race heads into the mountain stages, where most points are available.

White Jersey

The white jersey, or maillot blanc , goes to the General Classification leader who is 25 years old or younger (on January 1 in the given race year). Put simply, it goes to the best young rider with the lowest overall time. For young, ambitious all-rounders in the race, winning the white jersey is like winning yellow.

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Tour de France Femmes 2023: riders face individual time trial on final stage – as it happened

Marlen Reusser triumphed in the individual time trial as Vollering secured her yellow jersey by finishing second

• 30 Jul 2023 Top five on the General Classification after stage eight
• 30 Jul 2023 Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes 2023
• 30 Jul 2023 Marlen Reusser wins stage seven
• 30 Jul 2023 Yara Kastelijn has been awarded the super combativity award
• 30 Jul 2023 Stage eight is go!
• 30 Jul 2023 Who’s wearing what jersey?
• 30 Jul 2023 Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering climbs to stage win and yellow jersey
• 30 Jul 2023 The top five on General Classification
• 30 Jul 2023 Stage eight: Pau to Pau (22.6km ITT)

On the podium:

One last message before we say goodbye to the Tour de France Femmes: Alan has emailed in to say that now the Tour has concluded, he is off for a bike ride. Seems like a good idea. I hope you have better weather than I do here in rainy London (I’m currently sat sheltering inside Herne Hill Velodrome with a bunch of racers).

Alan writes: “I usually ride before catching your live commentary. Sundays are a bit slower, but gotta ride now! Thanks for the great coverage. Good result, although I was hoping Niewiadoma would pull off a faster time, cool though!”

Vollering speaks … “I still cant believe it,” she says. “ Of course I worked hard, but it’s not just working hard… it’s believing in it. It’s so much together, and in the end you have a dream. You work really hard for it but you need to keep yourself a bit calm and find a good balance in your life also. You have to find a relaxed way to do it. This year I feel really comfortable and good in what I’m doing.”

Van Vleuten has spoken also … asked how she feels after today’s time trial, she answers with one word: “disappointment”. She goes on to explain that she already thought she wouldn’t do well in today’s stage as she didn’t feel great last night, but she had hoped for better anyway. “I was not good the last two days,” she says.

Top five on the General Classification after stage eight

1. Demi Vollering (SD Worx) 25hr 17min 35sec 2. Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) +3min 03sec 3. Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//Sram) +3min 03sec 4. Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) +3min 59sec 5. Juliette Labous (DSM-Firmenich) +4min 48sec

Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes 2023

Vollering secured her win yesterday really, but this is the official confirmation that she’s held on to the maillot jaune and is crowned Tour de France Femmes 2023 winner. Kopecky has overhauled both Niewiadoma and van Vleuten to finish second. Niewiadoma finishes in third. Unbelievably, she has the same time gap as Kopecky at 3min 03sec, but loses out on tenths or hundredths of seconds on the time trial. Van Vleuten has dropped off the podium and finishes her final Tour in fourth place.

Marlen Reusser wins stage seven

None of the big names that followed could beat the European time trial champion. She’s taken the win on stage seven by setting a time of 29min 15sec over the 22.6km time trial course.

Van Vleuten has finished 12th . She grimaces, gets out of the saddle for one more push but it’s not enough. She’s crossed the line 1min 14sec behind Reusser’s time.

Kopecky is second fastest so far … She’s just crossed the line 37sec behind Reusser. That was a great effort. Think she’ll be pleased with that and it should give her a spot on the podium.

Labous crosses in fourth place … She’s 1min 17sec behind Reusser and looks to climb the final GC rankings. Kopecky has passed Moolman Passio, while van Vleuten is looking sure to slip off the podium.

🔥P4 on the line for @JulietteLabous ! There's a 5th place in GC on the cards here ! 🔥4ème place pour @JulietteLabous ! Il y a une 5ème place au classement général à la clé ! #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/5yModeyHyf — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

Vollering is putting in a stellar effort … She passes through the intermediate time check down by 12sec, putting her into second place for the moment.

Niewiadoma is flying … she might well hold on to second place on the podium. After yesterday’s valiant effort, it would seem cruel for her to slip off at this stage.

Not looking so good for van Vleuten: She’s 1min 01sec behind Reusser’s time.

Looking good for Kopecky: She is third fastest at the intermediate time check. Kopecky is 30sec behind Reusser.

Riejanne Markus: The Jumbo-Visma rider has slotted into third place with a time of 30min 05sec. She’s 50sec behind Reusser.

Reusser is the one to beat ... Will anyone go faster than the European time trial champ?

🇪🇺Marlen Reusser had ambitions to win, she certainly did everything in her power to claim a second #TDFF stage win! 🇪🇺Marlen Reusser pour ambition de gagner, elle a fait le maximum pour remporter une deuxième victoire d'étape au #TDFF . #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/8wRN6cvNG2 — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

Van Vleuten: With 16km left of her time trial, van Vleuten is 16sec behind Reusser according to the live timings.

Demi Vollering: The yellow jersey, or should I say yellow skinsuit wearer, is off. Kasia Niewiadoma started 2min earlier and van Vleuten set of at 3.57pm.

Current standings: Here is how the ITT times compare so far.

Here is how the race stands so far : Le classement provisoire : 1️⃣🇨🇭Marlen Reusser (29’15’’, 46,3 km/h) 2️⃣🇦🇺 @GLBrown321 , +40" 3️⃣🇨🇦Olivia Baril, +1'17" 4️⃣🇮🇹 @VittoriaGuazzi1 , +1'21" 5️⃣🇳🇱 @lucinda_brand , +1'30" #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/N1suO5FbnV — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

Kasia Niewiadoma: Clad in a polka-dot skinsuit and red aero helmet, the Canyon-SRAM rider has ridden down the ramp and begun her bid to hang on to a podium place.

Lotte Kopecky: The Belgian rider, who was seen earlier warming up on a green road bike, has just swatted a bee off her helmet and is on her way …

“Yesterday’s race up the Tourmalet was iconic,” writes Toby. He’s emailed in to share his Tour highlight. “The fog, the altitude, the end of the Annemiek van Vleuten era,” he writes. “I was so happy to see Kasia Niewiadoma, one of my favourite riders across both pelotons, attack and be able to hold it to the end, finishing second.” He’s also shared this set of images by photographer Justin Britton. “The first one, particularly, encapsulates so much about the theatre of bike racing,” writes Toby.

MADNESS @demivollering pic.twitter.com/xehTyNpGbE — Justin Britton (@Justin_Britton) July 29, 2023

We’re coming up to the business end now … there are only six riders left to start and they include Juliette Labous, Moolman Pasio, Kopecky, van Vleuten, Niewiadoma and Vollering.

Liane Lippert: Stage two winner, Lippert has just descended the ramp and is out on the road. Cordon-Ragot clocked a time of 30min 48sec and can be seen pouring water over her head as she sits on the floor. Unfortunately for Cordon-Ragot, her aero helmet doesn’t have any vents.

Reusser pushes Brown out of the lead: We just had a new leader, but it wasn’t for long. Reusser has trumped Brown by 40sec and finishes her ITT in 29min 15sec. I wonder how much time she lost due to the motorbike and team car debacle earlier …

Brown has gone into the lead: We have a new leader. Brown has beaten her teammate Guazzini to first place. She was 40sec faster, with a time of 29min 55sec.

Marlen Reusser: As the SD Worx rider was catching another rider on the course, she was slowed down by a motorbike and a team car in her way in to a corner. That’s not great.

Grace Brown: The Aussie is flying and 29sec faster than Cordon-Ragot at the intermediate time check.

Yara Kastelijn has been awarded the super combativity award

Stage four winner, Kastelijn, has won the super combativity award for this year’s Tour de France Femmes . In case you need a reminder: Kastelijn won the longest stage of this year’s Tour, from Cahors to Rodez, after spending just under 160 kilometres on the front of the race, much of it in a 14-rider move that went clear on the day’s first climb, the Col de Crayssac. Here’s Jeremy Whittle’s report on that dramatic day …

Lizzie Holden and Lucinda Brand: The British national time trial champion has finished in sixth place, while Brand has jumped into second place and is 9sec behind the leader.

A fan of the time trial: Andrew from Cambridge has emailed in to share his appreciation of today’s stage. “I think it’s a neat touch to end the tour with a time trial, it gives every contender a chance in the telly limelight on the day everyone will be watching,” he writes. He adds: “And a chance for many to be in the lead for a couple of minutes, which I imagine is good for the individuals, the teams and the tour itself. Something for a near-future men’s TdF to consider?” Well, Andrew, happily for you, next year’s Tour de France will end in an individual time trial from Monaco to Nice.

Audrey Cordon Ragot and Grace Brown: The multiple French time trial champion is off, closely followed by Australian national TT champ, Grace Brown. The latter also won a silver medal in last year’s world champs in this discipline.

Henderson is second in the standings: A really strong ride for Henderson but she couldn’t quite manage to beat Guazzini’s time. She’s finished just over 15secs slower, with a time of 30min 51sec, but that does mean she is in second place overall

Anna Henderson: The Jumbo-Visma rider has set a new best time at the intermediate time check of 13min 37sec. That’s 3sec faster than Guazzini. Will she be in the hot seat next?

🇫🇷 #TDFF2023 Provisional fastest time for Anna at the first intermediate point! 👊 — Team Jumbo-Visma Women (@JumboVismaWomen) July 30, 2023

Arianna Fidanza: The Ceratizit-WNT has just been shown on the coverage with a bloodied knee and looking a bit worse for wear after having crashed. She’s standing up and being checked over.

Mischa Bredewold: The SD Worx rider is out on the road. Her helmet is giving me Star Wars vibes.

Emma Norsgaard: Stage six winner, Norsgaard is the Danish national TT champion. She’s just set off for her go on this 22.6km route. Will she bump Guazzini out of the hot seat? She’s currently sat there smiling and checking her phone.

An email: “I’m looking forward to today’s time trial,” writes Peter. “But I think I have to agree with Demi Vollering from her interview yesterday. This race has been so good. It deserves a glass of champagne and a bike ride into Paris.”

Vittoria Guazzini: As mentioned earlier, the FDJ-Suez rider is the U23 time trial world champion. She’s set a time of 30min 36sec at a speed of 44.3km/h.

The bump in the road: Today’s 22.6km time trial features a climb at roughly halfway. The Côte de Bosdarros is 1.38km and has an average gradient of 6.7%. While some of the riders won’t welcome the bump in the road, it’s likely to suit Kopecky.

Coming roughly halfway through today's route, the 1.38km Côte de Bosdarros averages 6.7%. @ashleighcycling is the current holder of the @Strava QOM but after 7 hard days of racing, can anyone better her time? 👑⏱️ #TDFF2023 #TDFFdata pic.twitter.com/cAW6fiUNUJ — letourdata (@letourdata) July 30, 2023

Josie Talbot: The Cofidis rider set off second, after van ‘t Geloof, but is the first to finish the ITT. She has set a time of 31min 42sec.

As always, please send in your thoughts , predictions and questions via email or Twitter. I would love the company …

The live TV coverage began at 2pm and there’s a lot of shots of riders warming up, walking around in aero helmets and prediction chat from the commentators. I’m yet to see it cut to the actual live footage, but when it does these updates will hopefully become more frequent.

Mavi Garcia: The Liv Racing Teqfind rider will not start today’s stage due to illness. The Spanish rider is 15th in the overall rankings.

[ #TDFF2023 ] A bummer for @mavi_at : she will not start today due to illness. Get well soon! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/25Y5jgC8Ql — Liv Racing TeqFind (@LivRTeqFind) July 30, 2023

There is one time check , located at 10.6km to go. Also, in case you’re interested, there are 10 national individual time trial champions taking part in today’s stage. Antri Christoforou (Team Human Powered Health), a national ITT champion for Cyprus, has already set off, as has U23 world champion Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez). The next ITT champ to go down the ramp will be Emma Norsgaard at 2.29pm. The other national ITT champions to look out for are Elizabeth Holden (2.39pm), Georgia Williams (2.41pm), Christine Majerus (3.42pm), Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka (3.47pm), Grace Brown (4.08pm), Cédrine Kerbaol (France, 4.37pm), Riejanne Markus (4.39pm) and Lotte Kopecky (4.55pm). European ITT champion Marlen Reusser is up at 3.12pm.

Stage eight is go!

Two riders have begun their bid at the individual time trial. Marjolein van ‘t Geloof (Human Powered Health), as the lanterne rouge , set of first at 1.38pm. Josie Talbot (Cofidis) goes second.

🚩First start of the day, it's @MGeloof ! 🚩Premier départ de la journée, c'est @MGeloof ! #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/Phz0yhMkd3 — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

There are 123 riders left in this year’s Tour but the main focus of today’s time trial will be on just a handful that could upset the podium standings. After Demi Vollering’s victory on the Col du Tourmalet yesterday pushed her into the GC lead, it’s difficult to see anyone challenging her for the yellow jersey. She has a 1min 50 sec lead over second placed Kasia Niewiadoma. So, the real battle will be for the final two podium spots: the gap that separates Niewiadoma in second and Ashleigh Moolman Passio in fifth is just 49 sec.

Will Annemiek van Vleuten dig deep for a stage win given her TT chops? Or, will Lotte Kopecky claim a second podium spot for SD Worx? They do have form on the one-two victories after all.

Who’s wearing what jersey?

Yellow: Demi Vollering (SD Worx) 24hr 48min 10sec

Green: Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) 228pts

Polka-dot: Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) 27pts

White: Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling) 24hr 58min 16sec

Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering climbs to stage win and yellow jersey

Stage seven report: Demi Vollering took a spectacular and career-defining win at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees, to take over the lead in the Tour de France Femmes , with only Sunday’s 22km time trial remaining.

The SD Worx rider emphatically shattered the stalemate with her Dutch compatriot, Annemiek van Vleuten, attacking with a little over 5km of the stage remaining. At the finish line, Vollering had pulled out more than two and a half minutes on Van Vleuten. Jeremy Whittle reports from Tourmalet Bagnères-de-Bigorre …

The top five on General Classification

Demi Vollering (SD Worx) 24hr 48min 10sec

Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) +1min 50sec

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) +2min 28sec

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) +2min 35sec

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step) +2min 39sec

Stage eight: Pau to Pau (22.6km ITT)

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift race director, Marion Rousse on stage eight: “Between Pau and Gan, this stage will initially follow the route of the final part of the 2019 Tour de France time trial, but running in the opposite direction. After topping the climb (1.8km at 5.5%), the winding course will demand multiple accelerations. The slightly uphill approach to the finish will offer a magnificent panorama, and perhaps some final suspense before the presentation of the Yellow Jersey.”

The first rider will roll down the ramp for today’s individual time trial at 1.38pm (BST).

⏱️ The only Time Trial on the #TDFF2023 sees the riders start and finish in Pau for a 22 km course. Enough to change the GC? ⏱️ Le seul contre-la-montre du #TDFF2023 démarre et finit à Pau pour une boucle de 22 km. Assez pour changer le classement final ? #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/1e9ZX79zD5 — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

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Day by Day: How the First Tour de France Femmes Unfolded

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In true Tour de France fashion, the inaugural Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift included all of the pomp, circumstance, heroics, and controversy expected to surround the world’s greatest cycling race.

The eight-stage race covered more than 600 miles and 43,000 feet of elevation gain, the most brutal of which came on the final two stages of the highly anticipated contest .

In the end, the Dutch swept the tour, winning the yellow (overall), green (sprint points), polka dot (climber), and white (best young rider) jerseys.

Annemiek van Vleuten of team Movistar won the coveted yellow jersey. Jumbo Visma’s Marianne Vos finished in the green jersey, and Demi Vollering of Team SD Worx went home wearing the polka dot Queen of the Mountains jersey. Shirin van Anrooij (Trek-Segafredo), who is 20 years old, won the white jersey for the best young rider.

Each marks a significant accomplishment in the careers of each jersey holder, but these results were anything but a certainty, even in the race’s final stages.

Where the men’s race typically enters the final days with the top spots already mostly locked up or with only a couple of riders in contention, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift turned that model on its head, leaving the most difficult mountainous stage for the final two days.

Here’s how the race played out stage by stage.

Stage 1: History Made With the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift

The men’s Tour de France traditionally ends on the Champs-Élysées in Paris following 21 stages of racing across more than 2,000 miles. The Tour de Femmes, however, began there.

The historic opening of Stage 1 marked an opportunity for sprinters to establish themselves early on as contenders and for teams to showcase their ability to work together to jockey for position in the group.

Stage 1 included an intermediate sprint and the first opportunity for Queen of the Mountains points.

Marianne Vos made a statement early on by winning the first intermediate sprint of the tour but could not hold Lorena Wiebes off at the finish line as she surged to victory to claim the first yellow and green jerseys of the race.

Vos finished second, followed by Lotte Kopecky of Team SD Worx.

Femke Markus of Parkhotel Valkenburg crossed the line first for the Queen of the Mountains competition, earning two points and the polka dot jersey for Stage 2.

While the stage was flat, it was not entirely smooth, as the terrain included cobbles that could trip riders up.

Just ahead of the final 10k, Cofidis rider Alana Castrique crashed and abandoned the race due to her injuries. She would be the first of many casualties of the race.

However, one key takeaway from Stage 1 was that both Wiebes and Vos appeared to be on form and ready to duke it out in the sprints in the coming stages.

Stage 2: Taking Control in the Wind

What was supposed to be a relatively cut-and-dry flat stage covering 84.7 miles from Meaux to Provins proved more of a challenge for riders as heavy winds hammered the peloton throughout the day.

In addition to gusting winds, a series of crashes with about 19 miles remaining in the stage left multiple riders battered and struggling to continue, including a particularly nasty collision between Marta Cavalli of FDJ SUEZ Futuroscope and Australian national champ Nicole Frain of Parkhotel Valkenburg.

As Cavalli approached a crash involving a large group of riders, Frain, who was chasing to rejoin the group, found herself unable to stop and clipped Cavalli on the left side, sending her to the ground. Frain launched over the handlebars and slammed onto the ground in front of a pile of bikes and riders. She continued to slide across the tarmac.

Cavalli later dropped out of the race. A few miles later, another crash left Trek-Segafredo rider Laura Sussemilch of Plantur-Pura hurt after she went down hard and broke two vertebrae.

Vos made it into a breakaway group and pulled ahead of the peloton by about 40 seconds within the last mile or two. She won the stage, followed by Silvia Persico of Valcar-Travel & Service, Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Canyon-SRAM, and Elisa Longo Borghini of Trek-Segafredo.

Wiebes, who held the green jersey, finished 29 seconds behind Vos, giving the latter the yellow and green jerseys for the stage ahead, although Wiebes would still wear the green jersey in her second-pace position.

Markus held onto the polka dots.

Stage 3: Into the Hills

Stage 3 sent riders into hilly terrain for an 83-mile jaunt that included three Category 4 climbs and one Category 3 climb. Until this point, both stages of the race were flat, with only one rated Category 4 climb each.

Riders began the stage with a bang, setting a quick pace early. Unfortunately, Stage 3 also included a few crashes in the last miles that blew the peloton apart. Vollering and Liane Lippert of Team DSM made contact and went down on a corner with 9 miles remaining on the stage. The pair had been in the lead.

Vollering was able to get up quickly to rejoin a chase group and catch back up to the stage leaders. Lippert, however, could not make it back into the pack that headed to the finish together.

Cecilie Ludwig of FDJ Suez Furutoscope hammered out a hectic finish to best Vollering, Vos, and seven other riders in contention for the yellow jersey for the stage win.

Vos still held the yellow jersey at the end of the stage with a 16-second lead over Persico and Niewiadoma. The top seven leaders in the general classification were all within a minute of Vos’ time, so the yellow jersey still was very much up for grabs.

Vos also continued to hold the green jersey, with 160 points. Wiebes had 113 points and was looking to run her down in the following stages.

Femke Gerritse picked up two QOM points to take the polka dot jersey from her Parkhotel Valkenburg teammate.

Stage 4: Gravel, Crashes, and a Solo Win

More hills awaited the riders in Stage 4, including two Category 3 climbs and three Category 4 climbs that had to appear tantalizing the QOM hopefuls.

Sections of unpaved gravel roughed things up and presented another challenge for riders. But with many riders with a cyclocross background, the stage looked like an opportunity for those with technical skills.

The gravel, as expected, resulted in punctures and mechanical issues galore. Despite the challenging terrain, European time-trial champ Marlen Reusser of SD Worx jumped ahead of the bunch with about 15 miles remaining to go solo to the end for the stage win.

Meanwhile, Mavi Garcia of UAE Team ADQ suffered a mechanical issue made infinitely worse when she collided with her team car and went down hard while trying to rejoin the race. When the day began, Garcia was only 55 seconds behind Vos in the general classification. She lost more than 2 minutes by the day’s end and had fallen entirely out of the top 10.

Yet again, Vos put on a commanding performance and held on to the yellow and green jerseys. Gerritse also kept the polka dots.

Stage 5: Controversy on the Longest Day of the Tour de France Femmes

Stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift pitted riders against a 109-mile course full of rolling hills. The course included two Category 4 climbs and a sprint about 71 miles into the stage.

The first bit of controversy on the day came when news broke that Human Powered Health rider Barbara Malcoltti had been disqualified after receiving “irregular assistance” from her team car by swapping out bikes at the front of the peloton. Many called the decision by race commissaries harsh and questioned whether a hefty fine or another penalty would have been sufficient. But what was done was done, and she was out.

With about 28 miles remaining on the stage, another colossal crash took out nearly half of the peloton, leaving a pile of twisted bikes and bodies scattered on the tarmac. Most race leaders avoided the crash by staying safely out in front.

However, Emma Norsgaard of the Movistar team abandoned the race with a possible collarbone fracture.

Perhaps the stage’s most significant point of contention came just before the close when Trek-Segafredo’s Elisa Longo Borghini took a wrong turn just before the final sprint erupted. She had been serving as the lead-out rider for world-champion Elisa Balsamo. She had to head into the sprint alone after Longo Borghini’s mistake and finished second behind Wiebes, followed by Vos.

Race officials ended up allowing Longo Borghini to receive the same time as the race winner despite her mistake, keeping her in a top position in the peloton.

Wiebes became the first rider to win two tour stages and narrowed Vos’s lead for the green jersey to just 26 points. She looked poised to claim the green for herself.

However, Vos still held the yellow and green jerseys and clearly would not give them up without a fight. Vos grew her general classification lead from 16 to 20 seconds over Persico and Niewiadoma. Longo Borghini was 34 seconds behind.

Gerritse held the polka dots again with eight points, with the nearest riders holding five points. At this point, the leading positions in the race for every jersey still were up in the air. A fantastic performance or costly accidents on any remaining stage could easily see them change hands.

Stage 6: Wiebes Goes Down, Vos Goes Up

Stage 6 spanned 80 miles through hilly terrain featuring one Category 3 climb and three Category 4 climbs. It marked the last of the flat or hilly stages before the peloton headed into the proper mountains for the final two stages of the tour.

A considerable breakaway of 14 riders surged ahead with about 50 miles to go in the race, pulling more than a minute in front of the peloton. Despite visible frustration and pleas from leaders in the breakaway to work together, the group could not cooperate to maintain the lead and fell back into the main group for what was sure to be an exciting sprint finish.

Wiebes, however, crashed on a descent with about 15 miles to go and slammed hard into the ground. She had been the primary contender to snag the green jersey from Vos, and a stage win here would have done it.

With Wiebes too far back to catch the leaders, Vos hammered the pedals to her second stage win. She increased her total points to 267 compared to Wiebes’ 191, throwing the idea of a comeback into question.

Vos extended her lead over Persico and Niewiadoma in the general classification to 30 seconds. Longo Borghini finished 35 seconds back in the general classification.

Gerritse once again kept the polka dot jersey.

Stage 7: Up and Away

Stage 7 marked the beginning of the proper mountain terrain of the Tour de France Femmes. Riders had only been through Category 3 and 4 climbs since the start of the race. Now, they squared off with three Category 1 beasts in a single stage. Mountain stages are notorious for blowing the peloton apart, as sprinters tend to suffer and lose a lot of time on grueling climbs.

Plenty of questions hung in the air at the beginning of the race. Could Vos hold her lead in yellow when the road went skyward? Could Wiebes pull back the points she needed to grab the green?

Both of those questions got their answers almost immediately. After a short distance, Wiebes abandoned the race due to injuries she suffered in her previous crash. The move left Vos all but untouchable in the race for the green jersey. All she had to do was finish the stage.

As for the yellow, a breakaway from Movistar’s Annemiek van Vleuten and Demi Vollering left Vos (and everyone else) in the dust. Van Vleuten attacked early in the first climb and managed to shed Vollering from her wheel on the second ascent. She then soloed more than 37 miles to the finish. Her victory was astounding, leaving other riders scratching their head in confusion or sheer awe of her power.

At the end of the stage, van Vleuten had a 3:14 lead on Vollering in the general classification and more than 4:30 on Niewiadoma, who sat in third place.

Vos found herself entirely out of contention for the yellow jersey. She still held the green jersey, however. Barring any major mishaps on the final day, that jersey was hers.

For her tremendous effort in sticking with van Vleuten as best she could, Vollering donned the polka dot jersey for the first time.

Stage 8: Sealing the Deal and the Tour de France Femmes

After an all-out performance the previous day in which van Vleuten dropped all of the best cyclists in the world, it was unclear whether she would have the legs to seal the deal. Likewise, Vollering had suffered in her chase the day before, so whether she would hold on to the polka dots remained in question.

At the beginning of the stage, van Vleuten led the general classification with a total time of 3:47:02.

Vollering sat in second place with a 3:26 deficit, followed by Ludwig at 5:16 behind and Team DSM’s Juliette Labous and Niewiadoma at 5:18 behind. Persico and Longo Borghini rounded out the top seven at 6:56 back.

If Vos finished the stage, she would win the green jersey. The yellow, polka dot, and white jersey for the youngest rider were all still a tossup, though van Anrooij pulled ahead in the white jersey contest by more than 5 minutes the day before.

Van Vleuten had a tough race. She cycled through five separate bike changes throughout the stage. Each time, she had to retreat to her team car, and then hammer the pedals to regain her place at the front of the peloton. This wasted precious energy while carving a path through a stage that included one Category 2 climb to start things off. Two Category 1 climbs followed, including a treacherous finish on La Super Planche des Belles Filles.

Any doubters would end the day with a foot in their mouth.

For a second consecutive day, van Vleuten flexed her mountain muscles. Despite bike change after bike change, she continued to stick with the lead all day. With about 4 miles remaining, she opened up to catch the last few attackers on the day and leave them in the literal dust off La Super Planche des Belles Filles. She continued to her second stage win and the overall women of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Vollering again gave chase and finished in second to claim the polka dot jersey, while Vos held on to the green. Van Anrooij also held off attacks to cement her claim to the white jersey.

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Kerbaol defends Tour de France Femmes white jersey in headwinds of stage 2

Young Breton has started own YouTube channel to show her pro cyclist’s life

Cédrine Kerbaol makes her debut at the Tour de France Femmes in her first year with Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling. The 22-year-old Breton wasted little time in making her presence known, earning the white jersey as best young rider on stage 1 and then extending her lead in the U23 classification on the second day.

After Monday's hilly stage , Kerbaol put on the white jersey for a second day in a row, and this time a bit more securely on her shoulders with 1:21 over second-placed Ella Wyllie (Lifeplus Wahoo).

“It’s always good to take a little bit more time on the other U23 riders, but we never know what can happen. We will try to stay on this way as much as possible,” Kerbaol told Cyclingnews after the stage.

“On paper, it was a really hard stage, but with the headwind in the first 100 km it really changed everything because it was not going full-gas on the climbs like we expected. It really changed the race, and it was only the last climb that made the difference.”

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On the last climb, the Côte de Trebiac, Kerbaol was in an elite front group and she was one of the attackers which had just one kilometre from the top of the climb to the finish line. Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) had kicked off the attacking as well as Juliette Labous (Team dsm-firmenich) and Marlen Reusser (SD Worx).  though nobody would manage to create a gap before the top. Demi Vollering tried to lead out her SD Worx teammate and race leader Lotte Kopecky to the victory, but Liane Lippert (Movistar) came from behind to win the stage.

The aggressive riding by Kerbaol has placed her in the top three of the young rider classification at several other races this year, including a top results in March at Tour de Normandie Féminin. Now riding as the best U23 rider could put her in a bit of a pickle as the race concludes with the finishing time trial in Pau, and she was eager to wear her national colours as the new French ITT champion. “It is a bit of a dilemma because if I have the white jersey on the last day, I can’t wear the tricolore skinsuit. But I definitely want to keep the white jersey, there will be other opportunities to wear the champion’s skinsuit,” Kerbaol was nonetheless clear about her priorities. Kerbaol recently started her own YouTube channel, producing and publishing short videos on her racing life. Interestingly enough for a French rider, the videos are in English – but there is a good reason for that. “My boyfriend is English, most of my friends, most of the people I talk to speak English, and I speak English with them. I started the channel because I wanted to show from the inside what it was like to be a pro cyclist. And I got a GoPro camera for my birthday, so I thought I will do something with it,” the 22-year-old explained.

Four years ago Kerbaol won the junior road race national championship, so she looks to extend her hold on the young rider classification on another hilly day on stage 3. 

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All of the special edition jersey for the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

Mathew Mitchell

• Published on July 21, 2023
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The Tour de France Femmes has rapidly achieved the status of the highest-profile women’s race on the calendar as the Tour de France name and brand works its magic. With the increased visibility of women’s racing comes special attention for sponsors. That means special edition jerseys and the sponsors wish to highlight certain products or get their name out there to millions of fans watching the Tour de France Femmes.

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Lifeplus-Wahoo

Lifeplus-Wahoo has special new painted bikes for the Tour de France Femmes and now also has a new jersey too! The dark green is gone and swapped out for white with a sort of barcode pinstripe effect as well. The change is inspired by the Lifeplus Foundation, whose logo has been added to the top of the jersey. Fundraising efforts will go to fund and provide clean water for a girls school in Kenya, 20% of sales of the jersey will go to this cause.

Jumbo Visma

Way back in April, Jumbo Visma announced the ‘velodrome’ jersey for the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes. It’s linked to the Efteling theme park and tells a fairytale story of a little cyclist who, under a sparkling starry sky, breaks free from the merry-go-round called The Vélodrome and, as if in a dream, finishes on the Champs-Élysées. Seen on the men’s team all of July so far, that will continue for another 8 days with the women’s line-up.

Canyon SRAM

The new Canyon SRAM jersey keeps some of the shapes and motifs from the regular jersey but adds a lot from Zwift. The online virtual cycling company sponsors the Tour de France Femmes but will get more attention on the shoulders of riders like Kasia Niewiadoma, Ricarda Bauernfeind and Soraya Paladin. That means plenty of orange but also a large tripe Allez on the middle of the back of the jersey.

Ceratizit WNT

Ceratizit WNT has acquired the Alé name on the front of the jersey for this year’s Tour de France Femmes. The cycling clothing manufacturer adds their Dayglo logo just above the main Ceratizit one on the jersey. They used to have naming rights for the Alé Cipollini team which has ultimately morphed into UAE Team ADQ in recent years. The AgriCarb logo has been added, a company based in Lyon that has recently been acquired by the main Ceratizit parent company. On the sides is OQUO, the wheel brand for Orbea, which the team will ride throughout the race. Differences from the main jersey include a solid colour block on the sleeves and also new red shorts cuffs.

Fenix Deceuninck

Fenix Deceuninck doesn’t show too many changes to their usual kit. It’s the move to use the Elegant brand rather than Deceuninck that’s the main change. The Elegant range are windows that the main Deceuninck brand sell. Just a simple brand name change with no further design updates for the Tour de France Femmes.

Movistar announced their iceberg jersey in mid-June in time for the men’s Tour de France. That announcement had photoshoot photos from the men’s team only and even now it’s tough to find the women’s team in the jersey. There’s a recon video of the team wearing the white though, so it will be used as planned! According to Movistar, this ‘Iceberg’ kit aims to accomplish four things: to boost the technical performance and sustainability of the materials used in the apparel, to highlight Movistar with a groundbreaking design in the Tour de France, and to promote social consciousness towards safeguarding our oceans and seas. There was a bit  about the announcement on ProCycling when it was released too .

The team pointed out that this kit, crafted by Gobik, will be made from a minimum of 60% recycled plastic materials, thus marking it “the most sustainable kit ever worn by a team on the Tour.” Furthermore, Movistar shared that the jerseys worn by the cyclists will be signed and put up for auction following the race, with proceeds going towards funds dedicated to ecological causes.

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Tour de France Femmes 2023: Yellow jersey guide and ratings - Can Demi Vollering stop Annemiek van Vleuten?

Updated 22/07/2023 at 10:00 GMT

It's here. Annemiek van Vleuten arrives at the Tour de France Femmes looking to sign off a legendary career with a second yellow jersey, but Demi Vollering is determined to claim her spot as the sport's next star. With a strong SD Worx team behind her, could Vollering upset the Grand Tour Queen? The battle for yellow promises serious excitement… One question remains: who will triumph?

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