Swiss racing cyclist, WorldTeam rider
The Tour de France’s final stage has been shortened from 133km to 89km and moved to finish in Paris with two circuits on the Champs-Élysées and a Montmartre finish. Emergency services are being redeployed to fight wildfires in southwest France and Spain, with security forces reassigned to affected areas. Tadej Pogačar is poised to win a fifth yellow jersey.
The nine-stage Tour de France Femmes 2026 has begun in Lausanne. Vollering heads a strong field with Ferrand-Prevot and Niewiadoma-Phinney among contenders as stages unfold across Switzerland and France, including Mont Ventoux on stage seven.
Marlen Reusser has finished the 21km course in 27:30, taking a 14-second lead over Demi Vollering in the Tour de France Femmes stage four. Reusser now leads the general classification by 14 seconds as the race moves into mid-mountain stages, with Sigrid Haugset dropping from yellow to fourth.