Marlen Reusser claims yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes time trial

Demi Vollering wins stage five of the Tour de France Femmes following a sprint victory over yellow jersey holder Marlen Reusser.

Demi Vollering wins stage five of the Tour de France Femmes following a sprint victory over yellow jersey holder Marlen Reusser.

Three outstanding riders in race broke clear of peloton Padding row intensifies after footage of male inspection Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s defence of her Tour de France Femmes title unravelled among the Beaujolais vineyards as the French rider lost even more ground to rivals Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser and Kasia Niewiadoma. The three outstanding riders in this year’s race broke clear of the peloton over the final steep gradients of Mont Brouilly, with 2023 Tour winner Vollering outsprinting overall race leader Reusser to take the fourth Tour stage win of her career. Continue reading...

BELLEVILLE-EN-BEAUJOLAIS, France (AP) — Demi Vollering crowned a battling performance by winning the fifth stage of the Women’s Tour de France on Wednesday while Marlen Reusser kept pace to keep the yellow jersey. Vollering, the 2023 Tour champion, attacked on both of the last two categorized climbs and she kept enough in reserve to beat Reusser and Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney in a three-way dash for the line. Swiss rider Reusser, the world time trial champion who seized the yellow jersey the day before, still leads by 12 seconds from Vollering, with Niewiadoma-Phinney third, 1 minute and 17 seconds behind.

Yellow jersey Marlen Reusser goes second and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney third as hilly Beaujolais stage creates big GC gaps

World time trial champion Reusser powers to yellow and Vollering consolidates her GC position, but defending champion Ferrand-Prévot suffers against the clock.

Switzerland's Marlen Reusser takes the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes.

Switzerland's Marlen Reusser takes the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes.

Swiss rider wins stage four time trial by four seconds Former champion Vollering trails by 14 seconds overall The reigning world time trial champion Marlen Reusser aced the individual time ⁠trial in the Tour de France Femmes to win stage four on Tuesday and take the yellow jersey ⁠from Sigrid Haugset. ​Reusser, riding for Movistar, finished the 21km ride from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in 27min 30sec, the Swiss ⁠rider taking ⁠a 14-second lead over the former champion Demi Vollering of the Netherlands in the general classification. Continue reading...

Marlen Reusser of Switzerland seized the yellow jersey in the Women’s Tour de France by clocking the fastest time in an individual time trial to win stage four on Tuesday. Reusser, the world time trial champion, lived up to her billing as the stage favorite by completing the 21-kilometer course from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in 27 minutes, 30 seconds — 4 seconds faster than Lieke Nooijen and 18 quicker than Demi Vollering, the 2023 Tour champion.