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Results and Highlights From the 2023 Tour de France Femmes

Stage-by-stage updates, results, and highlights from this year’s race.

Read below for stage-by-stage updates, results, and highlights of each stage.

Stage Winner: Marlen Reusser

The 22.6 kilometer time trial that capped off the final day of the Tour de France Femmes was mostly flat, save for one small climb, and while it seemed unlikely that anyone would unseat Demi Vollering as GC leader thanks to her 1:50 lead she developed in the final kilometers of yesterday’s climb up the Tourmalet, the rest of the podium was separated by small enough margins that every second over the 13.9 mile course.

The course had some damp spots, making handling slightly more technical, but there were no surprises after the morning storm had passed.

As riders took to the course, there were few surprises early on, with times hovering between 30 and 32 minutes. There were some minor crashes, including Arianna Fidanza (Ceratizit-WNT), but compared to the wild attacks early on in stages the rest of the week, this time trial had a much calmer feel to it as fans waited for the real fireworks to come from the top time trialers in the group, like SD Worx’ Marlin Reusser, Human Powered Health’s Audrey Cordon Ragot and silver medalist from World Championships Grace Brown (FDJ Suez).

Brown started directly behind Cordon Ragot, giving her a huge advantage with someone to chase. Cordon Ragot was a woman on a mission, and by the midway point, she was 3 seconds ahead of the fastest time, but then Brown sped through even faster, by a whopping 29 seconds. But then, once Reusser took to the course, she took another 28 seconds out of Brown’s intermediate time as she waved at motorbikes and cars to get the hell out of her way. Vans screeched off the road, struggling to get out of her way as Reusser charged forward, but the UAE van cost her time in a corner.

Brown became the first to finish the TT in under 30 minutes at 29:55, but she only held the fastest time for a brief window before Reusser charged into the finish with a time of 29:15. Her time seemed unbeatable as the top 10 in the GC took to the course.

Third through fifth in the GC were separated by only 11 seconds, with Van Vleuten, Lotte Kopecky and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio all fighting for that third place (or second if any was able to finish 38 seconds faster than Niewiadoma), and every single second counted as they hit the course. In fact, Juliette Labous was only a minute behind them and as a great time trialist herself could potentially work her way into the top 5, possibly even the podium.

While the top riders were still on course, Cédrine Kerbaoul (Cerazitit) secured the white young rider GC jersey with her time trial, and Riejanne Markus came in with a 30:05 finish, moving her into third position with only a few riders left on course.

At the intermediate mark, Moolman Pasio was behind Labous, but Kopecky put in the third best intermediate time of the day. Van Vleuten came through far behind Kopecky, 31 seconds behind Kopecky’s time—which meant that Kopecky could move into the top 3 if she was able to hold the pace to the finish if Van Vleuten couldn't come back. Meanwhile Niewiadoma in the queen of the mountain polka dots hit the intermediate marker just trailing Kopecky by seconds.

Then, Vollering raced through the intermediate with the second fastest time of the day, improving her gap over the rest of the top 5 by a huge amount, trailing only her teammate Reusser.

Kopecky caught Moolman Pasio opening a lead of two minutes, almost certainly moving her up into third in the GC as they raced towards the finish. Kopecky’s time trial of 29:53 moved her into second place for the stage and third in the GC, having also secured the green sprinter’s jersey for the race.

Moolman Pasio’s time wasn’t fast enough to hold off Labous in the GC, and she dropped behind her. Van Vleuten struggled in the final meters of the race, pushing to hold onto her podium finish, but she slowly faded and dropped down in the GC standings, finishing more than a minute behind Kopecky’s time.

Even Niewiadoma was at risk of losing her second place as she raced towards the finish, battling to beat Kopecky’s time to hold onto her GC second place, and she came in with not even a second to spare—so close that it was unclear if she would hang on to her second place GC finish.

The final standings for stage 8 saw a podium sweep from SD Worx with Reusser taking the win, followed by Vollering in second, Kopecky in third, Brown in fourth and Markus in fifth.

The second place overall was down to thousandths of a second, time bonuses and stage wins, since they had the exact same overall time, leading riders to watch the results with bated breath. The final standings for the GC at the end of stage 8 and the Tour saw Vollering with the GC overall win, Kopecky in second and Niewiadoma in third with the exact same time down from Vollering, with Van Vleuten in fourth and Labous in fifth.

The Biggest Winner of the Day: Demi Vollering

After getting the 20 second time penalty for drafting a car in stage 5, a lot of people wrote Vollering off for the overall win, and for legitimate reason. Whether you believe the penalty was justified or not, coming back mentally and physically from that blow would have been a Herculean task. But Vollering displayed superhero-level climbing skills on the Tourmalet yesterday, powering away from the world’s best climbers like they were standing still. To see Van Vleuten that unable to counter a move like that? Unreal. (Van Vleuten graciously said that Vollering was simply on another level following that stage.)

SD Worx had plenty of issues during the week: A frustrated peloton around them, Lorena Wiebes leaving due to illness, the time penalty, the expulsion of their DS due to his driving… but they never seemed to be phased by it, and still played the race with what can only be described as tactical brilliance.

Hats off to SD Worx and to Vollering for taking the win and lighting up the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes!

The Dumbest Moves of the Day: Drivers, AGAIN

UAE’s van and the race motorbikes were simply not expecting Reusser’s ridiculous speed. Or rather, they simply weren’t paying attention to what was happening behind them. It was frustrating to even watch Reusser motioning for them to get out of her way, and she was forced to slow down massively to pass around the team van, costing her momentum and serious seconds. Super frustrating to see so much bad driving in this race all week!

Gutsiest Ride of the Day: Marlen Reusser

We have to give her the gutsiest ride, because as we just said, she was stuck motioning at vans to get out of the way as she charged downhill and passed the van without freaking out. She managed to stay calm and focused despite those potentially disastrous circumstances, and the move she made to get around the van and pick her pace back up was as smooth as you could hope for in such ludicrous circumstances.

Stage Winner : Demi Vollering (SD Worx)

Stage 7 was almost certainly going to be the stage that decided the Tour de France Femmes 2023, with 90 kilometers of racing in the mountains, including the famed Col du Tourmalet. We expected to see Annemiek Van Vleuten make her move in today’s stage with the full support of Movistar, while Demi Vollering would be trying to eke back seconds in the GC after losing a devastating 20 seconds to a time penalty in stage 5.

Trek Lidl had a rough start to the day, with both Elisa Balsamo and Elisa Longo Borghini (who had been sitting in fourth overall) both opted to DNS due to medical issues. EF Education’s Veronica Ewers also had to abandon after breaking her collarbone in a crash yesterday. Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) unfortunately abandoned the race mid-way through this stage as well.

Liane Lippert had an early crash towards the back of the peloton early on as small attacks attempted to create early separation, but nothing stuck in the early kilometers—SD Worx and Movistar seemed to be finally be working to cover attacks and bring them back. Lippert was back up and riding quickly and was quick to cover attacks. Riders like Trek Lidl’s Lizzie Deignan made valiant efforts to create separations but continued to be reeled back in.

With only 90 kilometers of racing and the two major climbs starting at 40 kilometers to go, riders were all keeping their eyes on Van Vleuten—and all of the teams were focused on protecting their climbers ahead of the Col d’Aspin and Tourmalet.

At 36 kilometers to go, Movistar came to the front, with Van Vleuten and teammate Lippert controlling the pace. With five kilometers left to go up the Col d’Aspin climb, Van Vleuten made her move, but Vollering (SD Worx) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) were instantly on her wheel. Last year’s top three in the overall were clearly planning to be there again. Behind them, the peloton was already spread thin, and this attack caused even more separation. Juliette Labous (DSM) and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance) took on the mantle of leading the peloton, hoping to bring back the leaders.

Van Vleuten tried to get her breakaway counterparts to work with her, but they seemed content to let Van Vleuten lead. Behind her, current yellow jersey holder Lotte Kopecky was clearly working hard to hang in with the main peloton, though they were quickly separated from the three leaders, who gained 20 seconds in a kilometer of climbing. The gap stuck at under 30 seconds for the next kilometer, as close up footage of the riders showed how hard the women at the front were working.

Niewiadoma made a move to the front to try to add more separation. With none of her teammates in the peloton behind her, the Canyon//SRAM rider would want the break to stick. Vollering, however, would have no reason to work, with teammate Kopecky sitting in the peloton behind them in the yellow jersey.

At the top of the climb, the three riders tactically fought for the best position to take the points at the top. Niewiadoma snagged the max points over the Col d’Aspin, meaning if she could win the stage, she’d take over the Queen of the Mountain jersey from Yara Kastalijn.

Niewiadoma led into the descent, separating herself from Van Vleuten and Vollering, who struggled to match her blistering pace. Niewiadoma and Van Vleuten were even in the GC standings ahead of this stage, so if Niewiadoma could hold it, she could take the entire thing.

Meanwhile, SD Worx’ Vollering refused to work with Van Vleuten as Niewiadoma blazed up the road. With two SD Worx riders—Kopecky and Marlen Reusser—in the peloton just a minute behind Niewiadoma, Vollering decided to play a dangerous game, and Van Vleuten addressed it by brake checking her. With 20 kilometers to go on the most critical stage of the day, the team tactics could be costing the two biggest teams their chance at the overall win. Niewadoma extended her lead to 53 seconds, while the Movistar and SD Worx riders came within 8 seconds of the chasing peloton, which contained two of Vollering’s teammates.

There are very few moments in women’s cycling where an attack from Van Vleuten has been caught, but today was one of those days as the riders hit the Tourmalet climb, which would account for the last 17 kilometers of racing.

Niewiadoma climbed alone with Reusser pushing the pace and Van Vleuten, Vollering and Moolman Pasio on her wheel with about 10 other racers in the lead group. Kopecky also managed to hang on despite the blistering climbing pace—something no one would have expected ahead of this stage. The gap dropped quickly to 40 seconds by 15 kilometers to go, and was down to 30 a kilometer later, and 20 another kilometer after that.

Lidl-Trek’s Amanda Spratt was the first to be dropped from the lead group as they hit 12 kilometers to go. The group made contact with Niewiadoma, and she was nearly absorbed back into the group as Reusser drifted to the back of the pack. But after they closed to 2 seconds, the gap actually reopened and Niewadoma re-increased her gap to 15 seconds with 11 kilometers to go.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig moved to the front of the group as Niewiadoma’s lead re-extended to 30 seconds at 10 kilometers to go. As she created a lead of 45 seconds, Spratt actually reconnected with the peloton as Labous attacked up the road, immediately covered by Vollering, Van Vleuten and Moolman Pasio. Kopecky also managed to just make it onto Van Vleuten’s wheel.

The group seemed to relax back into their pace, and Labous attacked yet again. And again. And again. The group chasing was reduced to Vollering, Van Vleuten, Kopecky, Labous, and Moolman Pasio.

Labous continued her style of big attacks at 6 kilometers to go, but could not manage to shake any of the riders. Van Vleuten appeared to be tired, while Niewiadoma looked calm and controlled with a 45 second gap at 5.5 kilometers to go.

Finally, at 5.6 kilometers to go, Vollering attacked and this time, Labous struggled to respond. Kopecky also seemed to struggle slightly, but Van Vleuten marked Vollering and hung on to her wheel as fog made it almost impossible for spectators and viewers to see what was happening. As the fog started to lift, Van Vleuten started to fall off of Vollering’s wheel, and Moolman Pasio tried to bridge that gap.

In just a few hundred meters, Vollering closed the gap to Niewiadoma to under 7 seconds, catching her at 5 kilometers to go and riding right around her. The group behind her shattered entirely, with Moolman Pasio chasing down Van Vleuten, Labous and Kopecky behind her.

Niewiadoma lost 43 seconds to her by 2.7 kilometers to go, and Van Vleuten’s gap increased to over a minute. Vollering was simply unstoppable on the climb, smiling at fans (possibly grimacing) as she hit the final kilometer and a half.

Vollering had plenty of time to celebrate her win but she still chose to sprint out every second to add to her overall GC standings. Behind her, Niewiadoma managed to hang on for second place 1:57 down from Vollering. Behind her, Van Vleuten just managed to hold off Moolman Pasio, 2:34 behind Vollering, with Labous right on their wheels. Kopecky came in afterwards, to an emotional moment with her and Vollering.

This finish moves Vollering into the GC lead heading into the final stage, a 22 kilometer time trial.

The Biggest Winner of the Day : Demi Vollering

She also won the stage, obviously, but the move into the GC makes Vollering the biggest winner on the day by far. After getting the 20 second time penalty for drafting a car in stage 5, Vollering certainly would have been feeling a bit down and like the GC was beyond her reach. Today, Vollering knew she not only needed the win by 1:07 to move into the GC overall top spot, she needed to finish at least 12 seconds ahead of Van Vleuten to secure that position.

By 3.8 kilometers to go, Vollering’s lead after her huge attack had extended to 30 seconds to Niewiadoma, 39 to Van Vleuten, and 1:25 to Kopecky: Exactly where she would want to be at the finish.

There is simply no way to not point out how happy Vollering must be feeling right now: Not only has she all but guaranteed a GC win if she can have a solid time trial tomorrow, her team played this stage to tactical perfection (more on that below) and has done so down one of their lead riders—Lorena Wiebes dropped out due to illness two stages ago—and down one of the directors (Danny Stam, who was expelled after the driving situation on stage 5).

The Smartest Tactical Moves of the Day : SD Worx

Vollering and Van Vleuten’s game of chicken on the Col d’Aspin was wild. Vollering’s attack at 5.6 kilometers to go? It couldn’t have been better played, thanks to teammates like Kopecky and Reusser’s efforts in the lead group, and a perfectly timed attack. She took Niewiadoma’s 45 second gap down to zero in under a kilometer. She broke Van Vleuten on a climb.

The most math done on a Tour de France stage ever surely came today with Kopecky managing to stay in the lead group along with Vollering. With only a time trial left on Sunday, with Vollering’s time penalty, and with Kopecky’s 53 second lead on second place in the GC heading into the stage, the SD Worx staff must have been struggling to decide what Vollering should do, since she would likely bring Van Vleuten along on any attack, but would need to beat Van Vleuten by more than 12 seconds in order to take the GC lead from Van Vleuten if they came in together. But could Kopecky hold the pace in the final kilometers? Yep, we wouldn’t want to be the one making those tactical decisions.

Gutsiest Ride of the Day : Kasia Niewiadoma

That attack on the Col d’Aspin descent was absolutely stunning, and perfectly played. Did she sense that SD Worx and Movistar, and Van Vleuten and Vollering, would struggle to work together, giving her the best possible chance of success? Possibly. Was she just kind of screwed tactically as the rider who didn’t have any help coming from behind her? Or is she just a baller descender who picked her moment to attack perfectly?

Then, there was the poise with which she climbed the Tourmalet, even as the group came within seconds of her, was beautiful to watch. She rode so smart, rather than using all of her matches to try to stay away when she was assuming she would be caught. This level of smart, tactical use of effort is about as gutsy as it gets.

Then, when she wasn’t caught as the group closed the gap to mere seconds, she didn’t smash an acceleration, she did it gently. This has been a race for solo feats of strength, and this certainly was one for the record books.

Stage Winner : Emma Norsgaard (Movistar)

Stage 6 from Albi to Blagnac covered 122 kilometers of fairly flat racing. With two stages left in the race after today—a 90-kilometer mountain stage and a 22-kilometer time trial—the clock was ticking for the sprinters who prefer the flats to add to their time gaps, while climbers and time trialists prepping for the next two days knew they just had to not lose more time.

And of course, the big story of the day yesterday was SD Worx’ Demi Vollering’s unfortunate 20 second time penalty, which left fans wondering if she’d be able to recoup those precious seconds or if her GC dreams were over. The team DS Danny Stam was also expelled from the race, following his commentary on her penalty (official reason: Dangerous Driving). The need to make up seconds and the staffing shakeup surely would change how SD Worx approached the stage—right?

At the team introductions, it was all jokes for the Trek Lidl squad. This race truly brings out the joy in cycling, and it is nice to see a bit of levity amongst the racers when Elise Longo Borghini accidentally waved at the crowd a bit too soon…

The stage started with breakaways and attacks being attempted by many riders, but were repeatedly reeled back by the peloton. After yesterday’s surprise solo win for Ricarda Bauernfeind, the peloton clearly isn’t willing to risk any surprise breakaways sticking. Riders like Lotte Kopecky, Charlotte Kool and Marianne Vos will surely want this race to come down to a bunch sprint, and that means the big teams will be covering moves to ensure the best chance for their best sprinters.

Three riders were able to make a breakaway stick after 45 kilometers, with Emma Norsgaard (Movistar), Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Canyon//SRAM) and Sandra Alonso (Ceratizit-WNT). They increased their lead to nearly two minutes as many riders in the peloton seemed to be struggling with lingering fatigue from the week. Even DSM’s top sprinter Charlotte Kool was strung out in a chase group behind the peloton.

With under 60 kilometers to go, though, the gap had dropped to a minute as riders began to attack off the front, with big teams like Trek-Lidl and FDJ leading the charge.

Midway through the stage, more drama from team cars ensued as Lotta Henttala of AG Insurance-Quickstep was disqualified for holding on to the team car. The driver was also expelled from the race. Other drivers were also spotted making—there’s no other way to say it—weird choices around when they elected to pass the peloton.

Unfortunately, four riders had a crash. Veronica Ewers of EF Education-TIBCO-SVB went down the hardest at 52 kilometers. KOM leader Yara Kastalijn also had a tumble but was quickly back on her bike, while Ewers stayed down, though remained conscious. Kastilijn needed a bike change, while Ewers first was presumed out of the race, but did get back onto her bike and started pedaling.

Meanwhile, the three woman breakaway maintained their gap, extending it back out to 1:45 as the peloton’s pace normalized ahead of the second climb of the day. After the climb, the peloton had lost another 15 seconds to the leaders.

With 35 kilometers to go, DSM took control of the pace, once Kool made her way back into the peloton.

At 28 kilometers to go, calamity ensued for top race contender Annemiek Van Vleuten, who was having a problem with her radio. She signaled for the team car several times, but it took a while for a response from the team. She didn’t lose any time from the peloton, however.

The pace started to pick up more as the kilometers ticked down and teams with strong sprinters starting to try to bring the group back together for a bunch sprint. But the group at the front were working hard to maintain their gap, which dropped to just around 1 minute.

Another crash took a few riders down towards the back of the peloton with 21 kilometers to go, but no rider seemed injured badly. Still, it was clear that the race was becoming more tense by the minute. The gap stubbornly remained at around a minute between the peloton and the breakaway.

At 8 kilometers to go, riders in the peloton began to organize for the sprint, while also trying to close the gap, which had dropped to 25 seconds. As the seconds dropped from the breakaway to the peloton, the three riders began to quickly rotate positions at the front, but they were clearly fatigued. Norsgaard attacked as hard as she could, shedding Alonso. Skalniak-Sójka and Norsgaard continued to power away, holding 18 seconds as a gap ahead of the charging peloton.

With 1.5 kilometers to go, Skalniak-Sójka and Norsgaard hung onto an 11 second gap—could a breakaway once again hold off the entire peloton this close to the finish?

At 1 kilometer, a huge crash took out nearly half of the peloton, though riders were quickly up and riding, with Jumbo Visma nearly bridging the gap.

But with 500 meters, Norsgaard unleashed her sprint with Skalniak-Sójka right on her wheel.

Norsgaard won the stage in the most impressive 500-meter sprint we’ve ever seen, holding off a hard-charging peloton by a matter of meters. Kool sprinted into second place, followed by Kopecky and Vos. Skalniak-Sójka was caught by the peloton and managed to finish in 10th.

The big question came after the stage: would the three-kilometer rule come into effect when it came to timing? With the crash in the final three kilometers of the race, the huge crash would cost second place GC rider Ashleigh Moolman Pasio a significant amount of time. The preliminary standings didn’t use the rule and moved her down to fourth, Vollering up to second, and Van Vleuten into third with Kopecky maintaining the GC overall. But when the results were finalized, the judges had instituted the rule, moving Moolman Pasio back into second place behind Kopecky.

The Biggest Winner of the Day : Demi Vollering, almost, but Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Annemiek Van Vleuten, ultimately.

As we’re writing this right after the finish and before we’re positive how the standings in the GC will be updated due to this crash… Vollering was almost doing a happy dance because the big crash ahead of the finish cost her key rival, Van Vleuten, 22 seconds, while she finished in the lead pack. No one was injured in the crash, thankfully, it just seemed to cost riders only seconds in the stage as they untangled bikes. This would have put them nose-to-nose in the GC heading into the final two stages.

Wild. But unfortunately for SD Worx, the excitement was short-lived.

The jury decided that the three-kilometer rule would be put into effect, leaving Moolman-Pasio in second place in the GC at 53 seconds down from Kopecky, while Van Vleuten moved from fifth into third—perfectly poised to take over the lead in the mountains. Vollering sits 12 seconds down from Van Vleuten, and will have to have a huge solo effort to take the GC lead.

The Dumbest Moves of the Day : Team drivers

Between SD Worx Danny Stam’s expulsion for dangerous driving yesterday, the AG Insurance driver being expelled for allowing a rider to hang onto the team car to pace her back to the group, and that truly bizarre team car decision to pass on the second climb, the driving is clearly getting dangerous in this race.

Yesterday also saw other fines levied to drivers: Charlotte Kool and her driver were both fined 100 Swiss francs for some ‘sticky bottle’ riding.

Seriously, could we have some safer driving?

Gutsiest Ride of the Day : Emma Norsgaard

That huge effort in the final 500 meters after spending so much time at the front of the three-person breakaway was unreal. She could literally feel the peloton breathing down her neck with the world’s best sprinters right behind her. She won by less than a few meters after having a 2-minute breakaway for 72 kilometers… and she was the only rider to bridge the gap up to the two-person breakaway.

The Movistar rider showed us today that Van Vleuten’s retirement is not going to mean the end of the team’s dominance. Rather, there will just be different Movistar riders at the front.

“I’m lost for words,” she said emotionally in her post-race interview, thanking her team, family and husband for standing by her while she was out with an injury all Spring. “I took a chance today, I reached out for the stars, and here we are.” (We’re not crying, you’re crying.)

Stage Winner : Ricarda Bauernfeind (Canyon // SRAM)

Stage 5 shifted focus back to the sprinters, and with Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx out of the race due to illness, the points competition opened up for other riders to go for the green. The relatively flat route runs from Onet-le-Château and to Albi and covers 126.1 kilometers—more than 50 kilometers less than yesterday’s long stage. Temperatures were high at the start, forcing riders into ice vests and making bottle feeds even more critical throughout the day.

The race played out in a surprising way, with more separations starting early on, in addition to several abandonments.

Without Wiebes on the start, SD Worx made a surprising tactical shift, attacking early rather than staying hidden and protected in the peloton. A group of 11 riders made an early break at around 50 kilometers in, but with none of the heavy hitters in the lead group save for SD Worx Mischa Bredewold, the peloton remained under a minute back. Fenix-Deceuninck and EF-Education-Tibco-SVB worked to bring the gap down, dropping it to under 30 seconds with 75 kilometers to go. Riders seemed tired from yesterday, though, and the group seemed to split early, with many top riders, including Elisa Balsamo (Trek Lidl), more than four minutes down from the lead group.

With 64 kilometers to go, Demi Vollering had a rear flat that needed a full change, but a quick swap had her up and moving quickly to bridge back up to the peloton. SD Worx received a warning for allowing Vollering to draft for so long, but it was unclear whether or not the rider would be penalized.

By 50 kilometers to go, the lead group was reeled in by the peloton, though the peloton itself had splintered with sprinters like Marianne Vos falling behind on the climbs. The lead group added top contenders including yesterday’s winner Yara Kastelijn and GC contender Kasia Niewiadoma, who went 1-2 for QOM points at 49 kilometers, and swelled to about 25 riders.

Current GC leader Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) took the lead heading into the steep Côte de Laguépie climb at 42 kilometers, but didn’t break away from the group right away.

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick Step) began to make herself known on this stage, taking sprint points and staying tight in the peloton with the other top GC contenders including Annemiek Van Vleuten, who has also stayed relatively quiet the last few days.

Next, Canyon//SRAM’s Ricarda Bauernfeind attacked and built up a solid lead on the peloton, taking an intermediate sprint as Kopecky took second in the sprint behind her with 25 kilometers to go. Behind her, Marlen Reusser (SD Worx) attacked to try to bridge the gap.

As the riders hit 14 kilometers to go, the gap to Bauernfeind had dropped to just under a minute, with Reusser on the front closing the gap. But by 5 kilometers to go, 23-year-old Bauernfeind maintained her 35 second gap. This is her first year on a WWT team, and this attack is a career highlight.

Reusser attacked the peloton with Lianne Lipert (Movistar) marked her and stayed tight to her wheel as the rest of the peloton fell back. With 2 kilometers to go, Lippert began to work in earnest, Reusser then on her wheel, just 24 seconds behind Bauernfeind. Lippert motioned for Reusser to pull through, but Reusser sat tight on her wheel. Behind them, Kastelijn led the chase group 40 seconds behind.

At 1 kilometer to go, Bauernfeind maintained her 25 second lead, and began to race in earnest towards the finish line for a dramatic solo victory. She had plenty of time to celebrate as Lippert and Reusser lost the stage in part because they were so focused on each other rather than chasing Bauernfeind.

Reusser took the sprint over Lippert, with Kopecky winning the bunch sprint for fourth behind.

At the finish, it was dramatic and emotional as Bauernfeind sobbed and was greeted with hugs and high fives from her teammates after her 41 kilometer long solo attack. This marks the first stage win of the Tour de France Femmes for Canyon//SRAM, a huge success for the team.

This was also unfortunately a big day for riders to abandon the race, and the Tour as a whole: three riders DNSed, and three riders abandoned during the stage.

The Biggest Winner of the Day : Ashleigh Moolman Pasio

The true sleeper in the race is definitely Ashleigh Moolman Pasio of AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step. She’s been quietly sitting in the top 5 in the GC at the same time gap as Niewiadoma and Longo-Borghini, despite being supported by a relatively young team. The 37-year-old switched to AG Insurance this season from SD Worx, and has had a fairly quiet season thus far—clearly waiting for this moment.

Today, she took sprint points and bonus seconds as her teammates rallied to put her in optimal position in the peloton. She finished in the large chase group, and moved into second place in the GC standings with three stages left in the Tour.

The Biggest Loss of the Day : SD Worx

SD Worx received a blow this morning when the team announced that Stage 2 winner Lorena Wiebes wouldn’t be on the start line due to illness. Considering how well she’s done even while being sick, this comes as a major loss to the team. SD Worx is obviously pushing for Vollering to take the GC, but Wiebes was just trailing teammate Kopecky in the Points standings, and could be counted on to help move Vollering into position when needed.

The SD Worx squad is likely still strong enough to execute their tactics without her, but it won’t be easy. While it’s a loss for the race to see Wiebes go, though, it’s a win for the team to prioritize health over results.

However, the team also mismanaged Reusser’s chase down of Bauernfeind, as she focused so much on sprinting Lippert at the finish that the two missed out on potentially riding down the young Canyon//SRAM rider in the final kilometers. Kopecky was also disappointed with her fourth place finish on a stage she was projected to win. With Wiebes out of contention, is the team falling apart?

Kopecky maintains her GC lead, but Vollering is now down in seventh, losing 20 seconds today to her primary nemesis, Van Vleuten. She was presumably penalized with a 20 second time penalty for taking too much time behind the team car earlier in the stage after a wheel change—a huge blow for the team.

Gutsiest Ride of the Day : Ricarda Bauernfeind

“I did it. I mean, we did it,” Bauernfeind said in a post-race interview, pointing out the importance of teamwork and team tactics, thanking and crediting the Canyon//SRAM team for her victory.

She was the stage winner as well, but she also just became the youngest rider to win a stage of the Tour de France Femmes at 23 years old. Second year as a pro. First year on the Women’s WorldTour. First Canyon//SRAM rider to win a stage of the Tour.

She attacked for 41 freaking kilometers . She held off an attack from two of the best sprinters and the biggest teams in the peloton. Yep, that’s gutsy as hell. To not get freaked out or drop back when she saw the motos swarming her as the peloton closed? That takes so much courage.

Stage Winner : Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck)

The longest stage of the Tour de France Femmes clocked in at just over 177 kilometers of racing—the longest in the Women’s WorldTour ever—which meant breakaway after breakaway from the start of the race. But it wasn’t until towards the final kilometers of the race that the climbing started, covering more than 1800 meters of climbing in the back half of the race.

The vibes were good on the start line, with team presentations arguably culminating with this bit of joy from Ali Jackson :

At the first climb, a super-powered breakaway of 14 formed including all the heavy-hitting teams and many of the top riders: Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Christine Majerus (SD Worx), Sheyla Gutiérrez (Movistar), Coryn Labecki (Jumbo Visma), Marthe Truyen and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health), Romy Kasper (AG Insurance-Soudal QuickStep), Anouska Koster (UnoX), Célia Le Mouel (St Michel - Mavic - Auber93), and Kathrin Hammes (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB).

By the time the live coverage started, the peloton was nearly 10 minutes back from the breakaway group with around 65 kilometers of racing left. Human Powered Health moved towards the front, as did Jumbo Visma and Movistar in order to control the pace and keep riders from the other big teams with riders high up in the GC—like Canyon//SRAM—from bridging the gap.

But Canyon//SRAM began to push the pace with 50 kilometers to go, swarming to the front of the peloton and taking charge. This is to be expected, since their GC racer Kasia Niewiadoma wasn’t in the breakaway and the need to close the gap became more and more urgent as the clock ticked down.

UAE also began to push riders to the front to chase, and even SD Worx committed riders to closing the gap (for reasons we get into below). Even Jumbo Visma joined the front, despite Labecki in the breakaway group.

In 10 kilometers, the pace had ratcheted up in the peloton and the gap had dropped from over 10 minutes to just under 8. But with 40 kilometers to go, the riders were starting to hit the biggest three climbs of the day. This meant riders shedding off the back of the large peloton, but also a stretching of the breakaway group at the front.

Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl Trek) attacked the peloton, swiftly climbing. The peloton stayed close behind, and the gap to breakaway dropped drastically, down to 6 minutes with only 37 kilometers to go.

Meanwhile, Marianne Vos (Jumbo Visma) and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx) struggled on the climb as the peloton began to stretch out. This stage isn’t just the longest—it’s also the first stage with significant climbs, and will upset the GC standings that have been favoring the strong sprinters like Vos and Wiebes.

SD Worx’ Kopecky was the next to attack, with Niewiadoma on her wheel. The rest of the peloton surged behind to stay tight to these riders while at the front, with just under 5 minutes between the peloton and the breakaway, riders fought hard for QOM points.

Lizzie Deignan of Trek-Lidl shut down the attack, but the constant surges in the peloton were also serving to shut the gap down to the chasers significantly.

At the front, Kastelijn and Cordon-Ragot sprinted for the time bonus at the top of the climb, with Cordon-Ragot taking a six-second time bonus and Kastelijn scored four. The two continued their attack on the breakaway, and the two began to climb away from their group—knowing that they needed to keep at least a two minute gap on the main peloton in order to move to the top of the GC. Unfortunately, the breakaway group closed on them and seemed less organized in the final 25 kilometers.

But with Van Vleuten (Movistar) attacking at the front and two climbs to go, the peloton continued to eat into the breakaway’s lead. SD Worx’ Vollering and Ashleigh Moolman (AG Insurance) marked her and stayed tight to her wheel.

Still, Kastelijn wouldn’t be denied, and on the next climb, Kastelijn attacked, creating a gap between her and the breakaway, moving into the ‘virtual’ yellow jersey as the race dropped to under 20 kilometers to go.

SD Worx’ Kopecky took a turn at the front, dropping the gap to three minutes to the leaders, 20 seconds ahead of the peloton as she rocketed up the climb.

With five kilometers to go, Van Vleuten and Vollering fought for the lead in the peloton, with Niewiadoma in the mix as well.

Juliette Labous attacked as well, chasing after Kopecky and trying to eke back as many seconds as possible. Van Vleuten and Vollering caught the back of the breakaway with less than two kilometers to go, but was nowhere near stopping Kastelijn.

Kastelijn took a dramatic solo victory after holding onto the attack for 42 minutes, over a minute ahead of Vollering. “This is our best Tour de France ever,” she said in the post-race conference, grinning the entire time.

Behind her, Vollering sailed in for second after a dramatic shutdown of the breakaway, followed by Koster and Van Vleuten.

Kopecky remains in the GC lead, with Vollering close behind.

Vollering’s smart riding and huge push at the finish was definitely the ride of the day. She stayed fairly protected by a smart SD Worx squad all day, and then left it all on the table in the final five kilometers. She rode up to Koster and managed to get around her in the final moments of the stage—and likely still has plenty of energy for tomorrow.

This move also put her into second in the GC, only eight seconds ahead of Van Vleuten, but certainly with a psychological advantage.

The Smartest Team of the Day : SD Worx

We’re giving SD Worx all the credit for their surgical handling of the peloton over the last couple of stages. They get riders into the breakaways as needed, while also ensuring that the team manages the peloton’s pace without doing a heck of a lot of work—until it’s necessary.

As pro cyclist Chloe Hosking put it, the peloton really needed to force SD Worx to do more work. She tweeted, “When I was young I would never put my dishes in the dishwasher. Mum would do it & then tell me I should do it. But she did it so I didn't. One day she stopped & I had no clean dishes. So I started loading the dishwasher. In conclusion, the peloton should let SD Worx chase.”

Perhaps today’s stage served as a lesson for them: SD Worx was forced to chase down the leaders despite having Marjerus in the breakaway. In fact, even Marjerus didn’t seem keen on keeping the breakaway away, skipping some turns at the front.

Why would they do this? Simple: Lorena Wiebes and Lotte Kopecky are sitting in the top three in the GC (and are 1-2 in the points competition) and a 10-minute loss would drop them way down in the standings. Out of all the teams, they had the most to lose if the breakaway was allowed to stay ahead.

They also perfectly protected their GC contender Demi Vollering, making sure she marked Van Vleuten, her key competition for the overall win.

This stage was great for team tactics: The same strategy as SD Worx used was applied by Jumbo Visma, with a twist—despite having a rider in the break, they couldn’t afford to lose much time in the GC standings.

But Jumbo Visma would also want the breakaway to stick so Labecki could go for a stage win, so they need to tighten the time gap but not close it entirely.

Gutsiest Ride of the Day : Henrietta Christie and Audrey Cordon-Ragot

Ahead of the race, the 21-year-old New Zealander told Bicycling , “For me, it's about trying to put that in the past and move on to the next chapter of this year. I really want to help my team as much as I can— I just want to give it my all for my teammates.”

And she did, with the first breakaway of the day. It’s unlikely she thought it would stick, but as they say, no guts, no glory.

We also have to give props to Audrey Cordon-Ragot. Before Stage 4, Cordon-Ragot was sitting 2:21 down in 28th in the GC. She pushed the pace, especially on the descents, and wasn’t afraid to work to keep the break away, even as the peloton was closing in the final 40 kilometers.

Her heroic ride at the front meant that for much of the day, she was in the “virtual” yellow jersey, meaning that if the break stuck, she would move into the GC lead.

Perhaps Christie’s work at the front early inspired her teammate, Cordon-Ragot, and the rest of the squad, who put in huge efforts trying to keep the pace controlled at the front of the chasing peloton.

To be quite honest, Human Powered Health rarely is spotted this far ahead in the standings, so this performance today truly is remarkable for the young WWT squad. Really, the gutsiest ride goes to Human Powered Health as a whole!

Stage Winner : Lorena Wiebes

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx) made no secret that she and her team were targeting the stage win today. But for much of the stage fans were left scratching their heads as it seemed like SD Worx was content to sit in the middle of the bunch today. That is, until the last 1 kilometer.

That’s when the super team switched on and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) shot off the front like a missile with Wiebes on her wheel. Blowing past Julie Van de Velde (Fenix-Deceuninck), who had managed to hold her solo breakaway for almost half the stage, the team delivered the European champion to her first win of this year’s Tour as she sprinted going 61 km/hr over the line.

The Biggest Winner of the Day : Julie Van de Velde

Julie Van de Velde (Fenix-Deceuninck) attacked and opened a gap on the last climb of the stage up the the Côte des Andrieux, claiming two QOM points, putting herself in a three way tie with Anouska Koster (Uno-X) and Kathrine Hammes (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), respectively, at 7 points, just one point behind the polka dot jersey holder Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck).

After taking two additional points at the top of the Côte de Saint-Robert, she captured the polka dot jersey for herself.

And she didn’t stop there, eventually opening up an almost two minute lead with about 37K to go. This is when the course shifted directions and Van de Velde turned into a tailwind, at which point she gained another 10-second advantage.

The peloton didn’t start to chase her down in earnest until about 22K to the line, when they realized that Van de Velde could hold the gap and win the stage, if they let her.

During the absolute nail biter of a finish Van de Velde entered the last kilometer with about 15 seconds advantage, when the machine that is SD Worx launched yellow jersey holder Lotte Kopecky off the front to hunt her down and deliver her teammate Lorena Wiebes to the line first. It was heartbreak as Van de Velde was overtaken 400 meters ahead of the finish line.

Van de Velde’s race today was reminiscent of Lizzie Deignan’s winning strategy during the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes in 2021, when she soloed all the way to the finish, dropping the peloton and never looking back. Several riders commented ahead of the race that each stage of this year’s Tour de France Femmes is akin to an individual one-day classics race; Van de Velde certainly threw down and raced the stage that way today.

The Other Winner of the Day : Katherin Hammes

Katherin Hammes of EF Education-Tibco-SVB launched a solo attack almost immediately, and by the 21km mark she had increased her lead on the peloton by almost two minutes by the time she hit the first climb of the day, the Côte du Peyroux.

The 34-year old German rider took the two QOM points on offer at the top, while stunningly holding her two minute lead as she crested the summit. It was a repeat performance as she flew up and over the Côte de Pératel, bagging two more QOM points.

Several riders, including American Coryn Labecki (Jumbo-Visma), tried to bridge the gap to Hammes and join her at the front, but they were all quickly reeled back in by the bunch as Hammes maintained her considerable lead.

While Hammes was eventually caught after leading the race over the first three climbs, she scored seven QOM points today.

Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) attacked over the last points climb of the day and no on was able to respond. Seeing Niewiadoma, last year’s third place finisher, take on the race like this was exciting, though it’s clear that she’s a marked woman. The peloton led by SD Worx didn’t let her get far before they caught and reabsorbed her—a smart move. Letting a rider like Niewiadoma get a gap of any real significance would not be a good idea.

Stage winner: Liane Lippert (Movistar)

Riding the train that was Demi Vollering’s lead out of teammate Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), German national champion Leanne Lippert (Team Movistar) was able to kick around Kopecky 150 meters ahead of the line, snatching the stage win out of Kopecky’s hands in a thrilling sprint finish.

Lippert outsprinted the yellow jersey holder going 38.2 km per hour to capture what was a very meaningful win for her—while Lippert has been a fixture on the podium, this is her first WorldTour win in three years.

“I always race well in the rain so I was actually happy when (the rain) started. No, I didn’t think I was going to win. I just focused on Lotte the whole final (stretch), and I stayed really calm. My qualities are more on the uphill and longer harder sprints,” Lippert said after the race. “I’ve been waiting so long for a win and to win at the Tour de France [Femmes]…I couldn’t wish for more.”

The Biggest Winner of the Day: Kasia Niewiadoma

Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) dropped the hammer with 4.3K to go, forcing all the other riders who want to stay in GC contention, including race favorites Van Vleutan and Demi Vollering along with yellow jersey holder Lotte Kopecky, to react. The next move came 1K later when Niewiadoma instigated her second big attack.

While she didn’t end up winning the stage as she no doubt hoped she would, she has definitely put the rest of the peloton on notice.

The Biggest Loss of the Day: The Fans...Again

Anthony McCrossan and ex-pro cyclist turned commentator Hannah Walker are worlds better women’s cycling commentators than what Phil Liggett and Bob Roll had to offer during Stage 1 yesterday (Liggett at one point referred to the National Road Race Champion from Poland Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT) as “that polish girl up the road” after she launched a solo attack. Yes, it was that bad), so in terms of commentating we’ve had a huge improvement today.

However, we are once again only getting the last two and half hours of each stage this year, and we missed the chess moves earlier in the stage.

Fans were able to watch full stages for the men’s race and have come to realize how much happens during the early parts of every stage. What NBC/Peacock is offering fans for the Tour de France Femmes is analogous to broadcasting NBA games in their entirety while dumping us into a WNBA game at the start of the second half.

There have been gains made in the coverage of women’s racing in the last year, but there is much more to be done.

Gutsiest Ride of the Day: The three-woman breakaway of Eva van Agt, Anouska Koster and Yara Kastelijn

This trio launched an attack about 30K to the line. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix–Deceuninck) was clearly hunting the Queen of the Mountains polka dot jersey and she had the kick needed to take the points at the top of the 1.9km climb of Côte de Merlhac.

The two other riders in the breakaway, Eva van Agt (Jumbo Visma) and Anouska Koster (UNO-X) were seemingly focused on conserving energy to stay away, going for the stage win, so they didn’t put up much of a fight.

The trio made it to the last 20K mark with a gap of 45 seconds to the peloton when they were pummeled by a sudden downpour, right before the last descent to the finish. Kastelijn misjudged her line during a wet turn with about 10 km to go, and while she was able to stay upright despite the amount of water on the road, van Agt and Koster continued drilling it, dropping Kastelijn in the process. All three riders were eventually caught by the lead group after Kasia Niewiadoma’s first attack.

Sadly, Eva van Agt suffered a terrible crash on the descent to the finish after the group was caught. According the her team Jumbo-Visma she was taken to the hospital and it's unclear if she will start tomorrow.

Stage winner: Lotte Kopecky

Normally marked as a sprinter, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) surprised the peloton by launching the perfectly-timed and definitive attack mid-climb with just under 10K to go. The team of the Belgian road race and time trial national champion, SD Worx, kept the peloton at bay behind her, as she powered to her 30th career win, leaving her mark on the 2023 Tour de France Femmes on day one.

She’ll start tomorrow in the yellow jersey. And the green sprinters jersey (which will be officially worn by second place green jersey winner Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio of AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep since Kopecky will be in yellow). And the polka dot Queen of the Mountains jersey (which will be worn by second place points holder and last year's third place finisher, Kasia Niewiadoma .)

The Biggest Winner of the Day: Lizzie Deignan

Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek) recently returned to racing in April after having her second child, when she cut her maternity leave short in order to race with her team in La Flèche Wallonne . She threw down and drove the tempo at the front of the peloton, setting a punishing pace as she took an impressive pull to set her team up for the climb to the stage finish line. The Lidl-Trek team has brought a stacked squad to take on the Tour, and they’ve already made it clear that they’re determined that this race won’t be the SD Worx show many are predicting.

The Biggest Loss of the Day: The Fans

By all accounts, the broadcast options for the men’s Tour available for us in the U.S. through NBC/Peacock was pretty great. The NBC broadcast featured multiple in-studio experts explaining the race tactics, we had ex-pros on a moto reporting from within the race, and another announcer dedicated entirely to roadside color—interviews with fans and even some of the parents of riders in the race.

For those of us who prefer a more traditional style of race announcing that focuses primarily on team tactics, analysis, and in-depth insights into what’s happening in the race in real time (not to mention zero commercials), the “World Feed” broadcast of the men’s Tour was available on Peacock, giving fans options.

After three weeks of stellar coverage of the men’s Tour de France, it was jarring to tune in to this first day of the Tour de France Femmes only to realize that none of that was happening for the women’s race. No in-studio experts, no substantive analysis, no moto announcers, no World Feed option, no pre- and post-race studio shows.

NBC/Peacock did bring in American ex-pro cyclist Megan Guarnier in as a commentator to accompany Phil Liggett and Bob Roll, both of whom are clearly not well-versed in women’s racing, but it was mentioned that she’s calling the race virtually from upstate New York, while Bob and Phil are in France since they have been calling the men’s race for the last three weeks.

It’s beyond disappointing. There is plenty of evidence of the audience size for the Tour de France Femmes , yet it’s still getting the second-class treatment by NBC/Peacock. We here at Bicycling don’t normally encourage watching international bike racing using a VPN option, but it seems like that route is the only option if we want to enjoy the same level of coverage for the Tour de France Femmes.

The Other Winner of the Day: Marta Cavalli

After suffering a horrific crash during the 2022 Tour de France Femmes, it’s been a long road to recovery for Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Suez). She was very open about the mental challenges she experienced post-crash, and in another sign of how much modern bike racing has evolved, her team stood behind her taking the time she needed to completely recover. She’s back at the top of her game heading into the Tour and will be one to watch during this year’s race.

Gutsiest Ride of the Day: Marta Lach

Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT), the Polish national road race champion, launched an impressive solo attack about 46K from the finish. She was drilling it out in front and managed to hold about a 30-second lead until the peloton decided to reel her back in as it got organized for the intermediate sprint, catching Lach about 31K ahead of the finish. While it was doubtful that she would be able to stay away to the finish, she definitely showed that she has matches to burn.

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2024 Tour de France Femmes Information

The route for the 2024 Tour de France Femmes  was officially presented in Paris on October 25 by race director Marion Rousse. 

The third edition of the modern incarnation of the women's Tour de France will be held after the Paris Olympic Games with eight stages across seven days between Monday, August 12 and Sunday, August 18.

Organisers offer a total of 946.3km of racing that includes three flat stages for the sprinters, one individual time trial, two hilly stages, two mountain stages and a crowning conclusion atop the iconic Alpe d'Huez.

Cyclingnews will have live coverage of all eight stages of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, along with race reports, galleries, results, and exclusive features and news.

2024 Tour de France Femmes Route

The route for the 2024 Tour de France Femmes includes a Grand Départ in the Netherlands from August 12 to August 14, and takes place in host cities Rotterdam, The Hague, Dordrecht, and Valkenburg.

The route then crosses into the Ardennes Classics iconic cities of Liège and Bastogne before entering France and travelling into the Alps for two final mountain stages in Le Grand Bornand and Alpe d'Huez.

• Stage 1: Rotterdam to The Hague, 124km
• Stage 2: Dordrecht to Rotterdam, 67km
• Stage 3: Rotterdam to Rotterdam, 6.3km
• Stage 4: Valkenburg to Liège, 122km
• Stage 5: Bastogne to Amnéville, 150km
• Stage 6: Remiremont to Morteau, 160km
• Stage 7: Champagnole to Le Grand-Bornand, 167km
• Stage 8: Le Grand-Bornand to Alpe d'Huez, 150km

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Defending champion Demi Vollering (SD Worx) is likely to return to the 2024 Tour de France Femmes to try and win a second consecutive overall title after securing the yellow jersey in the 2023 edition.

Annemiek van Vleuten , the winner of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes and fourth in 2023, has retired from professional cycling after a sparkling 16-year career and so will not be competing in the third edition of the event.

Two-time podium finisher Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), gravel world champion, will line up as one of the main contenders for the overall title.

Road race world champion Lotte Kopecky (also SD Worx) won the opening stage last year and wore the yellow jersey for six days, climbed with the best to the summit of the Col du Tourmalet, and then stormed to third place in the time trial in Pau. She closed out the eight-day race by winning the green points jersey and taking second overall behind her teammate Vollering. She will be one to watch in the 2024 edition of the Tour de France Femmes.

Juliette Labous (Team dsm-firmenich) was the top French rider in last year's Tour de France Femmes, and other riders to watch will be Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep) and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ).

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Cyclingnews  has assembled a full list of champions dating back to the first version in 1955 and the original women's Tour de France stage race held from 1984-1989 to the modern Tour de France Femmes.

The women's peloton raced their  first official launch of the women's Tour de France  until  1984 won by American Marianne Martin . It was an 18-day race held simultaneously as the men's event and along much of the same but shortened routes with shared finish lines. The Société du Tour de France, which later became part of ASO in 1992, managed both men's and women's events. 

The women's Tour de France ended in 1989, and while ASO went on to organise women's one-day races like La Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, La Course, and the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes (in 2021), the women's peloton had not been included as part of the official Tour de France for the past 30 years.

Other women's stage races in France, not run by ASO, took place, including the Tour Cycliste Féminin, which had started in 1992, and the re-named Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, until it came to an end in 2009. 

La Course by La Tour de France was then created in 2014 following a petition to ASO calling for a women's Tour de France. Le Tour Entier's petition was led by Kathryn Bertine, Marianne Vos, Emma Pooley and Chrissie Wellington and secured 97,307 signatures. The event was held across various platforms, from a one-day to a multi-day event between 2014 and 2021. 

Champions included  Marianne Vos ,  Anna van der Breggen  and  Chloe Hosking  in the first three editions from 2014 to 2016.  Annemiek van Vleuten  won in 2017 and 2018, followed by Vos in 2019,  Lizzie Deignan  in 2020 and  Demi Vollering  in 2021.

Despite its controversy, La Course had become one of the most showcased events in the Women's WorldTour, and although the wait was longer than anyone anticipated, it finally became the stepping stone to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Tour de France men's race director Christian Prudhomme made a  long-awaited confirmation  that Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) would launch a women's  Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2022  with Marion Rousse as the event's race director.

Zwift announced that it would become the title sponsor of the  Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift  on a five-year deal through 2026.

The first edition of the rebirth of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes was an eight-day race that began on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in conjunction with the final stage 21 of the men's Tour de France and ended on La Super Planche des Belles Filles, where  Annemiek van Vleuten  (Movistar) was crowned the overall champion.

The 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift route hit new heights with 956 kilometres and a grand finale in the Pyrenees with a mountaintop finish on the iconic Tourmalet on stage 7 and a final stage 8 time trial in Pau, with Demi Vollering winning the overall title.

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes will showcase back-to-back summit finishes at Le Grand Bornand and Alpe d'Huez where the overall champion will be crowned.

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Tour de France Femmes 2022: Historie, Rute og etaper

Den første udgave af tour de france femmes indeholder brutale stigninger, sektioner med brosten samt bjergafslutninger..

En kvindelig udgave af Tour de France har været centrum for diskussion i mange år. Faktisk har vi set flere udgaver af landevejs eventen komme og gå. 2022 er året for det første Tour de France Femmes med Zwift , der lover otte etaper med benhård konkurrence rundt om i Frankring fra søndag den 24. juli.

Historien bag kvindernes Tour de France

Det første Tour de France for kvinder (passende kaldt for Tour de France Women) blev afholdt i 1984 og indeholdte samme mållinje som mændenes løb. Dengang havde UCI regler om, hvor mange kvinder, der kunne deltage i løbet og særligt, hvor meget hvile, de skulle have. Dette resulterede i, at kvindernes løb kun strakte sig over 1080 km i modsætning til mændenes 4000 km rute og med fem hviledage fordelt over de 18 etaper, mens mændene kun havde en hviledag fordelt over deres 23 etaper. Spol et par år frem til 1990, hvor navnet ændrede sig til Tour of the EEC Women, der varede indtil 1993. En ny navneændring fandt sted i 1997, der banede vejen for Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, der blev afholdt årligt (med undtagelse af 2004) indtil 2009. I de efterfulgte seks år blev der ikke afholdt løb indtil lanceringen af La Course by Le Tour de France. Mens mange tog glædeligt imod tilbagevendigen af kvindernes løb i forbindelse med Tour de France, blev nogle fans og kritikere skuffede over den kortere udgave. “I fremtiden ville det være skønt at udvide dette til den fulde rute, så vi virkelig kan vise, hvad vi er lavet af,” sagde Leah Kirchmann fra Team Sunweb dengang. Nu er det fremtiden! “Vi vil gerne skabe et løb, der stadig bliver afholdt om 100 år,” fortalte Christian Prudhomme, der er direktør for løbsorganisationen Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) og refererer til de tidligere udgaver, der har fejlet dette. “Det var også tydeligt for os hos ASO, at vi havde brug for en kvinde til at afholde dette event,” sagde han og introducerede tidligere, franske nationale mester Marion Rousse som løbsdirektøren for den officielle ruteoffentliggørelse den 14. oktober. Lad os tage et kig på ruten.

Hvor starter kvindernes Tour de France?

Den første udgave af Tour de France Femmes med Zwift vil begynde i Paris i Frankrig. Byen, der er mest kendt for den sidste etape af Tour de France, vil være startbyen for kvindernes løb i 2022.

Etaper af Tour de France Femmes

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Etape 1: Paris – Paris: 82 km

Præcis som første udgave af mændenes løb i 1903 vil den første udgave af Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift begynde i Paris' gader. Ryttere vil cykle 12 runder med en fast rute, der begynder ved Eiffeltårnet og ender på de historiske brosten ved Champs Elysees. QOM for denne etape vil være på den niende runde af Champs Elysees.

Etape 2: Meaux – Provins: 135 km

Den anden etape af Tour de France Femmes starter nær Museum of the Great War i Meaux. Denne etape i løbet vil hylde alle de kvinder, der var med under Første Verdenskrig. Den 135 km lange rute indeholder fantastiske landskaber fra Seine-et-Marne regionen lige nord for Paris. Etapen kulminerer i Provins med mål på toppen af en kort men stejl stigning.

Etape 3: Reims – Épernay: 133 km

Reims er vært for den 3. etap af Tour de France avec Zwift. Reims er gennemsyret af cykelhistorie, men er måske mest kendt for sin rolle som værtsby for Women’s Road Race debut ved UCI Verdensmesterskabet i 1958. Gennem denne etape vil rytterne blive udsat for få, stejle stigninger. Selvom højdemeterne ikke er noget at skrive hjem om, vil Cote de Mutigny i sidste del af etapen uden tvivl være en afgørende faktor i løbet.

Etape 4: Troyes – Bar-sur-Aube: 126 km

Champagne regionen i Frankrig er næste destination for etape 4 i Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. De smukke landskaber med vingårde er måske rart for tilskuere, men under feltets dæk gemmer sig intet mindre end fire grusveje. De begynder efter 68 km, og for ryttere med erfaring inden for cyclocross kunne dette være en fordel i denne etape. Den længste grussektion er 4.4 km og bakkerne, der afslutter denne etape vil også medvirke til spænding.

Etape 5: Bar-le-Duc – Saint-Dié-des-Vosges: 175 km

Den længste etape af Tour de France Femmes er etape 5, hvor løbet går videre mod Vosges regionen i Frankrig. Med 175 km er den etape 20 km længere end den forrige Verdensmesterskabsrute. Saint-Dié-des-Vosges er den eneste by, der både indeholder start og slut for dette løb i 2022.

Etape 6: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – Rosheim 128 km

Fra Vosges vil løbet tage rytterne videre til Alsace regionen til byen Rosheim. Selvom det vil blive en lidt nemmere etape sammenlignet med den forrige, er der stadig nogle udfordringer, der skal overkommes for ikke at nævne en 10 km stigning til mållinjen.

Etape 7: Selestat - Le Markstein: 127 km

Etape 7 af Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift afholdes i Alsace, der er en anden af Frankrigs vinregioner. Etapen begynder i Selestat, og de første tre stigninger forekommer omkring 40 km inde i etapen. Dette vil være en etape for rytterne, der går efter den gule trøje. - Petit Ballon er en 9.3 km stigning med en gennemsnitlig stigningsgrad på 8.1% - Col du Platzerwasel er en 7.1 km stigning med en gennemsnitlig stigningsgrad på 8.3% - Grand Ballon er en 13.5 km stigning med en gennemsnitlig stigningsgrad på 6.7%

Etape 8: Lure – La Super Planche des Belles Filles: 123 km

Den sidste etape af Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift er et monster! Mens den begynder relativt overkommeligt, vil rytterne hurtigt blive udfordret med tre stigninger, hvor den sidste indeholder mållinjen. Dem, der ikke kommer over første stigning med førergruppen, kan få svært ved at indhente dem på sidste del af etapen. La super Planche des Belles Filles indeholder stigningsgradienter på op til 24% med en grusvej op til mållinjen. - Cote d’Esmoulieres ved 52 km er kort med en længde på blot 2,3 km, men har en stigningsgradient på 8.5% - Ballon d’Alsace er 8.7 km med en gennemsnitlig stigningsgradient på 6.9% - La super Planche des Belles Filles er en 7 km stigning med en gennemsnitlig stigningsgradient på 8.7% "Den er brutal med meget voldsomme stigningsgradienter!” forklarede Marion Rousse. “Den er aldrig flad, og du får ikke tid til hvile. Den vil komme efter syv dages løb, og der vil være store huller til mållinjen," tilføjede hun.

Jerseys i Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

De jerseys, der vil uddeles i løbet af Tour de France Femmes, er præcis de samme som i mændenes løb. Den gule trøje (også kendt som Maillot Jaune) vil uddeles til føreren af den generelle klassifikation, den grønne trøje går til den bedste sprinter og den polkaprikkede trøje til den bedste bjergrytter. Til slut vil den hvide trøje vindes af den bedste og yngste rytter i den generelle klassifikation. Har du nogensinde undret dig over, hvad hver af de forskellige Tour de France jerseys betyder? Læs vores guide for at finde ud af det!

Alle venter spændt på juli 2022

Vi ser allerede frem til at se, hvordan vores kvindelige hold vil klare sig i den første udgave af Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Hold godt øje med vores ryttere fra landevejs- og gravelscenen i Frankrig fra søndag den 24. juli 2022!

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Mændenes Tour de France sluttede nemlig med en gul sejrsfest til danske Jonas Vingegaard efter en kraftpræstation af både ham og Jumbo-Vismaholdet, da han for andet år i streg erobrede den gule føretrøje og beholdte den helt til mål.

Men inden herrerne kørte ind på den prominente shoppinggade, der forbinder Concorde-pladsen og Triumfbuen, fandt også en anden særlig begivenhed sted netop der.

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Champes-Élysées var nemlig ligeledes igen i år målstreg for den første etape af kvindernes Tour de France, som sidste år blev afholdt officielt for første gang siden 1989. I år er det anden gang at løbet køres under navnet Tour de France Femmes, og i år deltager 154 ryttere fra 22 forskellige hold.

Kvinderne har i mange år blot kørt et endagsløb, men nu er den officielle tour for kvinder for alvor tilbage som en otte etaper lang cykelkonkurrence – og det er i år med to danske kvinder helt fremme i feltet.

Hollandske Annemiek van Vleuten er hende, man gerne vil slå. Og her er især én af de danske ryttere interessant...

Gode håb for de danske kvinder

Under søndagens første etape af kvindernes cykelkonkurrence imponerede danske Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, da hun kom over målstregen som nummer otte.

Den anden danske rytter er Emma Norsgaard, som blandt andet er kendt som en virkelig dygtig sprinter.

Mød de to danske håb her:

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, FDJ SUEZ

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig forelskede sig som 13-årig i cykelsporten og blev professionel for det schweiziske hold Cervélo-Bigla allerede som 17-årig.

I dag kører hun for det franske cykelhold FDJ - SUEZ 2023 og er nr. 9 på verdensranglisten over kvindelige cykelryttere. Sidste år kørte hun Tour de France Femmes i rødt og hvidt, fordi hun på daværende tidspunkt var dansk mester i linjeløb. Hun vandt en etapesejr på løbets 3. etape og endte på en samlet 7. plads.

Og tidligere på året viste hun god form og ditto takter, da hun fik en 6. plads i det samlede klassement ved Giro d'Italia Donne 2023.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig er da også igen i år udnævnt som en af favoritterne til en podieplads i Tour de France Femmes af bl.a. cykelmediet bicycling.com .

Og hun cykler da også med drømmen om at klare sig endnu bedre end sidste år. Faktisk erkender hun, at podiet er en drøm - ligesom den gule trøje også er det. Det fortalte hun i april i år til Eurosport , og seneste har hun bekræftet, da årets løb startede.

"Vi har store drømme, og det skal man også. Man skal drømme stort, så jo det drømmer jeg også om," bekræfter Uttrup overfor TV 2 Sport .

Hun er 27 år, bor til daglig i Girona i Spanien og er kæreste med den australske cykelrytter Miles Scotson.

Læs FIT LIVINGs store interview med hende her , hvor hun taler om dén afgørende dag, hvor hun vidste, at hun kunne tage cykling fra hobby til professionel, om sine mor-drømme - og om manglende ligestilling inden for sporten:

"For nogle år siden fik vi kvinder mindsteløn. Før det kørte halvdelen af feltet gratis. Men nu, hvor alle får løn, kan vi begynde at lægge al vores energi i cykling – og dermed blive bedre. Vi kan specialisere os mere."

Du kan også følge hende t(o)ur rundt på vejene på hendes Instagram her .

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig blev dansk mester i enkeltstart i 2016, 2017 og 2018 - og i 2023 tog hun andenpladsen til DM i enkeltstart.

Kun overgået af én anden rytter, nemlig nummer to på denne liste...

Emma Norsgaard Bjerg, MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN

Da Emma Norsgaard Bjerg var syv år gammel, blev hun inspireret af storebror Mathias Norsgaard Jørgensen, som på daværende tidspunkt allerede havde vundet adskillige titler inden for cykelsporten. Kort efter var det også hende, der begyndte at tage titler i både pige- og drengeklasserne.

I 2018 blev hun professionel, og i 2020 vandt hun DM i linjeløb, ligesom hun fik bronze ved U23-VM i linjeløb. Sidenhen har hun vundet blandt andet en etape i Giro d’Italia i 2021 og er flere gange blevet dansk mester i linjeløb. I 2022 vandt hun det belgiske Le Samyn des Dames. Og så kan hun bryste sig af i tre år i streg at have vundet DM i enkeltstart - seneste i juni 2023, hvor hun suverænt vandt med næsten et minut ned til nummer to, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig.

Hun er 23 år, bor i Girona i Spanien og er gift med den danske cykelrytter Mikkel Bjerg, som under dette års Tour de France for mænd havde rollen som hjælperytter for Tadej Pogacar. 

På samme måde har Emma rollen som hjælperytter på sit hold, hvor en del af jobbeskrivelsen er at støtte sidste års vinder, Annemiek van Vleuten, til samlet sejr igen i år. Men som den stærke sprinter hun er, vurderes den danske mester i enkeltstart også til at have muligheder for at køre sin egen chancer.

Følg Emma Norsgaard Bjerg på Instagram her .

Tour de France Femmes 2023 kører fra 23. til 30. juli 2023 over otte etaper.

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Godt 1000 kilometer skal kvinderne i næste års Tour de France tilbagelægge gennem i alt otte etaper.

Tour de France for kvinder får i 2022 en kraftig opgradering.

Fra at være et endags- og eller todagesløb skal feltet nu gennem otte etaper og i alt godt 1000 kilometer.

Det meddeler arrangørerne torsdag.

Løbet starter ved Eiffeltårnet i Paris 24. juli, mens der er mål på stigningen La Super Planche des Belles Filles 31. juli.

- Det giver det nye løb et boost, at det starter i Paris, dagen efter at herrernes løb slutter, for det tillader medierne at følge det nemmere, siger Tour de France-præsident Christian Prudhomme ifølge AFP.

Ifølge Prudhomme bliver kvindernes løb i 2022 tv-transmitteret i 170 lande. Herrernes løb transmitteres i 190 lande.

- Målet er at organisere et løb, der stadig eksisterer om 100 år. Det skal være et løb, jeg kan se, når jeg bliver gammel og bruger rollator, siger Tour-chefen.

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Tour de France for kvinder i 2022

Uci-præsident david lappartient har bekræftet, at tour de france-arrangøren aso vil arrangere et etapeløb for kvinder i 2022. dette løb vil formentligt køres over otte dage og starte i paris den dag, hvor mændene afslutter deres tour de france på champs elysées..

Tour-arrangøren ASO vil i 2022 lancere et Tour de France for kvinder.

Dette bekræfter UCI-præsident David Lappartient. Indtil videre har kvinderne kun et endags løb, til Tour de France, på Champs Elysées. Om de nye etapeløb også kommer til at hedde Tour de France vides ikke.

”Jeg er forsikret om, at ASO vil være klar til at sætte denne begivenhed på kalenderen i 2022. Dette er et meget godt skridt i den videre udvikling af kvindecykling” fortæller Lappartient overfor WielerFlits i et interview.

Det forventes at blive et etapeløb på otte dage, svarende til kvindernes for tiden største Grand Tour Giro-rosa. Det vil starte samme dag, hvor herrerne afslutter deres Tour.

 ”Kvindecykling har et enormt potentiale, derfor har jeg ofte understreget på ASO de seneste år, at de skulle organisere flere kvindeløb.” Siger franskmanden.

“Den nye kalender for 2020 gav mig muligheden for at sætte Paris-Roubaix på kalenderen hos kvinderne. ASO forstod også, at vi var nødt til at komme med gode nyheder efter Corona-pausen. Vi modtog en positiv reaktion fra alle teams ved nyheden om, at endnu et stort herre løb får sin egen kvinde version" fortsætter Lappartient.

Kvindecykling har dermed taget store skridt frem i udviklingen endnu engang. Både opførelsen af Touren for kvinder og Paris-Roubaix, men også nyheden om at Jumbo-Visma optræder sammen med et dame team næste år, er alle sammen fantastiske nyheder. 

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På søndag slutter mændenes Tour de France, men samme dag går starten for kvindernes. Og det er en historisk begivenhed. Cykelrytter Trine Schmidt slår her et slag for kvindernes tour, som få har hørt om, men som smukt forlænger sommerens cykelfeber.

Søndag 24. juli starter Tour de France Femmes. Mange tror fejlagtigt, at det er første gang nogensinde, at kvinderne får deres eget Tour de France. Men det er ikke rigtigt. Så her får du, med ganske få ord, historien om det kvindelige Tour de France, som forhåbentlig fortsætter mange år ud i fremtiden.

8 dage i Frankrig venter i år – med etaper for sprintere, punchers, gruselskere og bjerggeder. Starten går ved Eiffeltårnet i Paris, og finalen finder sted på skisportsstedet La Planche des Belles Filles (de smukke pigers planke, red). Når kvinderne starter 1. etape i Paris, så bliver det deres første rigtige Tour de France i 33 år!

Tilbage i 1955 blev det første bud på kvindernes tour gennemført af 41 heroiske kvinder. Et løb arrangeret af Jean Leulliot, journalist og løbsdirektør. Løbet blev en succes og rent sportsligt var det et spændende cykelløb. Desværre bar meget af succesen præg af, at det var nysgerrigheden over det ganske spektakulære i, at kvinder pludselig kørte cykelløb – og det i en beklædning, som dengang blev betragtet som værende ganske udfordrende for kvinder.

Holdningen var generelt dengang, at kvinders rolle i cykling var at heppe, beundre og agere kyssepiger for vinderne af herrernes cykelløb. Ikke sjældent blev kvinderne mobbet for deres fremtoning på cyklen og deres lavere gennemsnitsfart – og det blev påpeget, at de “talte” for meget i feltet, frem for at angribe og køre cykelløb.

L’ Equipe, den franske Tour-avis nummer 1, skrev kort tid senere en artikel, hvori man påpegede, at kvinder burde nøjes med cykeltouring, altså at tage på mindre cykelture, hvilket man mente passede bedre til kvinders fysiske egenskaber. Ergo, kvinder burde holde sig fra at køre cykelløb – desuden var de alt andet end elegante på den tohjulede… Længe leve 50’ernes kvindesyn!

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Løbsdirektøren Jean Leulliot formåede ikke at skabe et hverken økonomisk eller kommercielt fundament for løbet, som derfor lukkede ned, før det rigtigt kom i gang. Vinderen af det første Tour de France Femmes i 1955 var i øvrigt britiske Millie Robinson.

Det første officielle kvindelige Tour de France løb af stablen i 1984 (og 6 år frem) – 18 etaper på samme dato og samme rute som mændenes løb – dog med let afkortede etaper. Amerikanske Marianne Martin vandt og er i dag anerkendt som den første officielle Tour de France Femmes-vinder. I 1986 skar man løbet ned til 14 dage, og i 1989 droppede man løbet fuldstændigt på grund af manglende kommerciel interesse og skrantende økonomi. I de 6 år det blev kørt, var der desuden en løbende kamp mellem italienske Maria Canins og ikoniske Jeannie Longo fra Frankrig om sejren. De tog hver især flere sejre.

Tour de France Femmes 2022

Officielt er danske Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope), Julie Leth (Uno-X Pro) og Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) blevet udtaget til touren. Storfavorit til at vinde løbet er hollandske Annemiek van Vleuten, holdkaptajn for Movistar.

Gennem årene har der været mange Tour de France-“kopier” for kvinder. Tour de la CEE Féminin, Tour Cycliste Féminin, La Grand Boucle Féminine Internationale, Tour de l’Aude Cycliste Féminin og Route de France Féminine. Alle gode løb – men ikke et Tour de France-organiseret af de officielle arrangører.

I 2014 lykkedes det kvinderne, anført af legendariske Marianne Vos, at få ASO til at arrangere et endagsløb, La Course, i Frankrig på Champs-Élysées – samme dag som mændenes afslutning af Tour de France. La Course er blevet kørt i forskellige udgaver og formater. I år køres så det første rigtige Tour de France for kvinder i nyere tid. Det første i 33 år med 24 deltagende teams og 168 ryttere. Distancen bliver 1.029 kilometer fordelt over 8 etaper med nul hviledage.

Som gammel cykelrytter er jeg glad. Damerne er SÅ GODT i gang, og deres fremgangskurve er meget stejl – måske ovenikøbet lidt for stejl og lidt for hurtig. Men det går den rigtige vej! Personligt er jeg stolt over, at kvinderne er nået dertil, hvor de er i dag. Og jeg er stolt over, at jeg har været en af de mange passionerede kvinder, som har været med til at bane vejen for, at man i dag, som kvinde på Worldtouren, kan leve af sin sport. Det har jeg aldrig selv kunnet.

Der er ingen tvivl om, at vejen frem for kvindecykling går via mere tv-tid. Kun sådan vil kvindesport generelt vokse, og der vil skabes flere penge og dermed lønninger til atleterne, som vil kunne leve af deres sport. Og jo højere niveauet er, jo sjovere er det jo også at se på tv. Den proces er allerede i gang. Jeg skal kommentere 100 løb i år, det var omkring 30 sidste år!

Så jeg håber, at I vil se med, når jeg går i boksen sammen med Anders Mielke på Discovery+ den 24. juli og 8 dage frem. Vi glæder os til at guide jer igennem Tour de France Femmes version 2022.

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Tour de france stage 1: the hilliest-ever opening stage of the tour, a dramatic opener to this year's tour with an elevation gain of 3,800 meters. will the bunch fragment like last year.

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Stage 1 — Saturday, June 29 Florence-Rimini Distance: 206km (128 miles) Profile: Medium mountain stage

Stage 1: A daunting opener

Last year’s first stage was said by some to be amongst the hardest Tour openers ever; one year later, the organizers have decided to follow the same template.

Indeed they have ramped up the difficulty, with an elevation gain of 3,800 meters, some 500 meters more than last time around. The stage will not so much shake off the cobwebs as evaporate them. Starting in Florence as part of the first-ever Italian Grand Depart in history, the riders will have 30 mainly flat kilometers before the first of seven categorized climbs rear up.

The Col de Valico Tre Faggi is the highest on the stage, peaking at 930 meters altitude after 12.5km of climbing. A breakaway is almost certain to form here and, passing over the subsequent climbs of the Côte des Forche, the Côte de Carnaio and the Colle de Barbotto, should be able to further pad their advantage.

The pendulum may well swing the other way over the three climbs located in the final 50 kms. The last of these, the Côte de Saint-Marino, is followed by 25 downhill and flat roads to the finish in Rimini. Much will depend on how the favorites ride the stage but if the big names and their teams go all in, a very difficult first day is in store.

The stage finish is a poignant location for Italian cycling. The 1998 Tour de France winner Marco Pantani died in Rimini in 2004, with this year’s Tour taking place 20 years after that tragic event.

The view of Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme: “It’s rare for the Tour de France to start with more than 3,600 meters of climbing — in fact it’s never happened before! — and it’s also the first time that the race has visited the home city of Gino Bartali.

“The succession of hills in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna are likely to be the setting for an immediate and testing confrontation between the contenders for the title, particularly the climb into San Marino (7.1km at 4.8 percent), where the race will add a 13th name to its catalogue of foreign visits.”

Remco Evenepoel's Tour de France ambitions back on track after high-speed Itzulia crash

T hree weeks on from fracturing collarbone and scapula at Itzulia Basque Country, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) is back in training in preparation for his debut at the Tour de France . 

The Belgian star posted the first activity to his Strava account since the horrific crash, which also left two-time defending Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) with a pneumothorax, broken collarbone and ribs.

“On my way back,” Evenepoel titled a 98.7km ride near into Flanders from home to the west of Brussels. 

Evenepoel's injuries are not as severe as Vingegaard, who only got out of hospital in Spain last week. He was swiftly back in Belgium for collarbone surgery and recovered quickly, convinced that he can still be ready for the Tour de France Grand Depart on June 29.

The ambitious, but realistic 24-year-old, stated earlier this season that reaching the Tour de France podium in Nice at the end of July "would be a dream come true".

Evenepoel enjoyed a final day of recovery with a trip to Britain to see Arsenal football match in London. The time trial World Champion then completed a near-three hour 98.75km ride around Schepdaal, where he grew up, at a solid average speed of 34.7km/h. 

The next step on the “#RoadToFrance” as his caption read will see him head to Sierra Nevada for an altitude camp with Soudal-QuickStep. Following this, he will be off to either the Critérium du Dauphiné or Tour de Suisse, depending on fitness, to regain his race rhythm and punch before the Tour kicks off in Florence.

Vingegaard in contrast has been ruled out of attending Visma-Lease a Bike’s upcoming training camp with an appearance at the Tour still in doubt unless he is at his best according to the Dutch team.

If the Dane is to miss out, Evenepoel and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe), who also crashed out of Itzulia but without any fractures, would become the top contenders to challenge the former two-time Tour winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates).

Evenepoel’s compatriot Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) has similarly been making a return to riding on the road since crashing out of Dwars door Vlaanderen in March. The Belgian pair share the same physiotherapist who has overseen their returns to fitness.

Thijs Hertsens from LAB Antwerp is the man looking after the superstars in Belgium and his work hasn’t gone unnoticed with both men returning to the road this week. 

Van Aert was shown on video turning the pedals for the first time since his high-speed crash on Wednesday.

"After working a lot on his mobility, he [Evenepoel] is already back on track,” Hertsens told Sporza earlier this week, clearly aware of how close Evenepoel was to getting back out on the road.

Van Aert has worked with the physiotherapist since his awful crash at the 2019 Tour de France and Evenepoel since his horror incident at the 2020 Il Lombardia.

"Cyclists are hard workers by nature, so it is very pleasant to guide them,” said Hertsens.

Van Aert's goals have been derailed due to his crash but he will switch focus to the Paris Olympics where he and Evenepoel will lead a top-level Belgian team that will want to claim both the road race and the time trial.

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Sektionens indgange.

• Kort sport 24. jul 2022 Hurtig hollænder indleder kvindernes Tour med etapesejr
• Kort sport I går kl. 22:02 Tre sejre på stribe sender Astralis i kvartfinalen
• Kort sport I går kl. 21:49 Leon Madsen skuffer i åbning af speedway-sæsonen
• Kort sport I går kl. 20:59 Barcelona klar til kvindernes Champions League-finale
• Kort sport I går kl. 20:46 Tyske mestre forlænger vild stime som ubesejret
• Cykling I går kl. 20:00 Dansk cykelkomet har alle forudsætninger for at kunne sprinte med de bedste
• Kort sport I går kl. 19:12 GOG tager vigtig sejr i jagten på semifinalen
• Kort sport I går kl. 18:49 United med Højlund og Eriksen skuffer mod bundprop
• Champions League I går kl. 17:35 Team Esbjerg tager første stik efter tæt kvartfinale
• Kort sport I går kl. 16:46 Danske ishockeyherrer taber VM-test mod Norge
• Kort sport I går kl. 15:24 Danske badmintonkvinder åbner Uber Cup med sejr i nøglekamp
• Kort sport I går kl. 14:58 AGFs kvinder tager første pokalstik mod Brøndby
• Kort sport I går kl. 13:37 Dansk stortalent vinder for tredje gang i Tyrkiet
• Kort sport I går kl. 12:56 Sverri Nielsen ror sig sikkert i EM-finalen
• Kort nyt I går kl. 12:22 Den olympiske flamme fortsætter rejsen mod Paris til vands
• Kort sport I går kl. 10:33 Tidligere OB-profil bliver sportsdirektør i Horsens
• Herreligaen I går kl. 09:30 Lettelsen overskyggede glæden, da TTH Holstebro sikrede sig endnu en sæson i ligaen
• Kort sport I går kl. 08:55 IOC-chef har fuld tillid til Wada i kinesisk svømmesag
• Kort sport I går kl. 08:37 Danske badmintonherrer åbner med sejr efter magtdemonstrationer
• Kort sport I går kl. 08:22 Dansk NHL-assist ikke nok for Winnipeg
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 23:24 Leicester får hjælpende hånd og er klar til Premier League
• Tennis 26. apr kl. 21:51 Holger Rune leverer kæmpe comeback i dramatisk maratondyst
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 21:22 TTH Holstebro slår Skive og undgår nedrykning
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 21:08 Sønderjyske tæt på oprykning til Superligaen efter sejr
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 21:03 Lyngby og Vejle deler i bundgyser
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 19:52 Far og søn skal køre dansk bil i Le Mans
• Superliga 26. apr kl. 18:47 LIVE Skal Vejle over stregen for første gang siden første spillerunde?
• Fodbold 26. apr kl. 18:05 Ny aftale skal sætte skub i den danske kvindeliga
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 17:48 Badmintonklub straffes maskimalt af udvalg for afbud i bronzekamp
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 16:53 Andri har vild fodboldfamilie og fortid i Real Madrid: Nu skal han redde Lyngby fra nedrykning
• Champions League 26. apr kl. 14:51 Mål!... Eller? Derfor kunne dommerne ikke tjekke kampafgørende scoring mod Aalborg
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 14:19 Brasiliansk fodboldlegende stopper landsholdskarrieren ved årsskiftet
• Formel 1 26. apr kl. 12:12 Holdkammerats skifte er gode nyheder for Magnussen, vurderer ekspert
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 11:00 Tidligere dansk landsholdsspiller overtager roret hos Esbjergs ishockeyherrer
• Formel 1 26. apr kl. 10:32 Kevin Magnussens holdkammerat forlader Haas efter sæsonen
• OL Paris 2024 26. apr kl. 10:02 Britiske OL-svømmere skal vaccineres, før de må hoppe i berygtet og beskidt flod
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 07:04 Andersen og Hurricanes tager tredje sejr på stribe i slutspil
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 06:59 Koerstz Madsen er næstsidst efter start i Los Angeles
• Kort sport 26. apr kl. 06:57 Danske golfherrer får blandet start på amerikansk holdturnering
• Champions League 26. apr kl. 06:50 Frustreret træner undrer sig over afgørende dom: 'Selv modstanderne grinede af det'
• Champions League 25. apr kl. 20:43 MINUT FOR MINUT: Aalborg Håndbold viste storspil, men tabte første Champions League-kvartfinale
• Champions League 25. apr kl. 20:26 Kaotisk afslutning i smalt Aalborg-nederlag
• Tennis 25. apr kl. 19:00 Alt gik galt for tennisspiller i mareridtskamp
• Kort sport 25. apr kl. 18:08 Uafhængig undersøgelse af stor kinesisk dopingsag
• Kort sport 25. apr kl. 18:01 Danske sejlere kvalificerer sig til OL
• Skisport 25. apr kl. 16:55 Skisportens Messi har udført verdens længste hop, men anerkendes ikke af forbund
• Kort sport 25. apr kl. 15:37 Dansker vinder etape for anden dag i træk
• Sport 25. apr kl. 15:04 I Kina ses OL-svømmeres dopingsag som en tilsvining af landet
• Kort sport 25. apr kl. 15:02 De første danske atleter er EM-klar
• Kort sport 25. apr kl. 14:14 Barcelona-træner ombestemmer sig og fortsætter
• Kort sport 25. apr kl. 13:23 Dansk OL-medaljehåb roer sig i semifinalen ved EM

Hurtig hollænder indleder kvindernes Tour med etapesejr

Det var en hollænder, som var hurtigst ved stregen, da første etape af Tour de France Femmes, kvindernes udgave af verdens største cykelløb, søndag blev kørt i Paris.

I en lang, opslidende massespurt trådte Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) nemlig fra konkurrenterne og tog etapesejren. Andenpladsen satte en anden hollænder Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) sig på, mens belgiske Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) blev nummer tre.

Bedste dansker på etapen var Emma Norsgaard Bjerg (Movistar) på femtepladsen.

Der er tre danske ryttere med i årets nye udgave af Tour de France for kvinder, nemlig Norsgaard, Julie Leth og Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. Bliv klogere på deres Tour her.

Tour de France Femmes strækker sig over otte etaper og slutter om en uge på alpetoppen La Super Planche de Belles Filles.

Seneste sport

Tre sejre på stribe sender astralis i kvartfinalen.

Det danske Counter-Strike-hold Astralis fortsætter sin fremgang med en sikker kvalifikation til kvartfinalerne i turneringen ESL Pro League.

Lørdag blev billetten sikret med en stensikker 2-0-sejr over 3DMAX fra Frankrig, men også tidligere i denne uge imponerede Astralis.

Først blev verdens nummer syv, tyrkiske Eternal Fire, slået 2-0, og siden blev også verdensetteren Faze Clan, der har dansk ingame-leader i skikkelse af Finn "karrigan" Andersen, slået 2-0.

Astralis' modstander i kvartfinalerne er endnu ikke kendt, men sikkert er det, at slutspillet i turneringen afvikles fra 9.-12. maj.

ESL Pro League har en samlet præmiepulje på 750.000 dollar, svarende til godt 5,2 millioner kroner. Heraf tager vinderen 1,2 millioner kroner.

I årene 2018 og 2019 dominerede Astralis verdenstoppen og vandt blandt andet tre majors i træk. Og man afsluttede et lidt svært 2020 flot og blev atter verdensetter.

Fra 2021 gik det dog nedad bakke, og adskillige udskiftninger både på spiller- og trænersiden de seneste år har ikke bragt holdet helt tilbage til toppen. Aktuelt ligger holdet nummer 11 på den seneste verdensrangliste.

Leon Madsen skuffer i åbning af speedway-sæsonen

Speedwaykøreren Leon Madsen åbnede lørdag sin VM-serie i kroatiske Donji Kraljevec med en beskeden ottendeplads.

Den 35-årige dansker har ambitioner om at køre med om VM-titlen hele vejen til årets sidste grandprix i polske Torun, og der var enkelte glimt af det nødvendige niveau undervejs lørdag.

Med to heatsejre og ni point i de indledende heats gik Madsen således videre til semifinalerne som nummer fem, men i semifinalen kiksede Madsen totalt sin start, og det kom han aldrig tilbage fra.

I finalen var den firdobbelte verdensmester Bartosz Zmarzlik favorit, men polakken skuffede og sluttede sidst efter svenske Fredrik Lindgren og to australiere.

28-årige Jack Holder, der er lillebror til 2012-verdensmesteren Chris Holder, triumferede for første gang i 23 forsøg i VM-serien foran sin langt mere erfarne landsmand, 38-årige Jason Doyle, der vandt VM-titlen i 2017.

VM-seriens anden dansker, Mikkel Michelsen, er ikke spået store chancer for at lege med i toppen i årets VM-serie, men lørdag missede han kun akkurat semifinalerne.

Det andet af i alt 11 grandprixer afvikles i polske Warszawa om to uger. Til september er Vojens vært for 10. og næstsidste indslag i kalenderen.

Barcelona klar til kvindernes Champions League-finale

FC Barcelona er som det første hold klar til finalen i fodboldkvindernes Champions League.

Lørdag aften vandt den spanske storklub med 2-0 ude over Chelsea og avancerer med samlet 2-1.

Chelsea havde ellers leveret en kæmpe overraskelse ved at vinde 1-0 i Barcelona for en uge siden, men spanierne gik ikke i fælden igen.

Svenskeren Fridolina Rolfö scorede det afgørende mål, da hun et kvarter før tid omsatte et straffespark til 2-0. Hun fikserede keeperen og sparkede til sin egen venstre side, før hun kunne juble foran de mere end 40.000 tilskuere på Stamford Bridge.

Søndag bliver det afgjort, om Barcelonas finalemodstander bliver Paris Saint-Germain eller Lyon. Sidstnævnte vandt den første semifinale 3-2 på eget græs.

Tyske mestre forlænger vild stime som ubesejret

Bayer Leverkusen er fodboldholdet, der bare ikke kan tabe.

Lørdag aften var den tyske mesterklub i knæ og på vej mod et nederlag efter 45 ubesejrede kampe, men i de absolut døende sekunder af tillægstiden udlignede Robert Andrich til 2-2 hjemme mod Stuttgart i Bundesligaen, og så lyder stimen pludselig på 46 ubesejrede kampe i stedet.

Det er 11 måneder siden, at Leverkusen senest tabte en betydende kamp. 27. maj sidste år - sidste spillerunde i den forgangne sæson - reddede Bochum sig ved at slå Leverkusen 3-0, men siden har ingen kunnet stoppe Xabi Alonsos triumftog.

Efter at have sikret mesterskabet med fem spillerunder tilbage har Leverkusen-spillerne tilladt sig selv at slappe lidt mere af, men holdet finder alligevel en vej til at undgå nederlag.

I sidste uge blev stimen forsvaret i det yderste af tillægstiden ude mod Dortmund, og lørdag skete det samme så igen.

Leverkusen mangler tre ligakampe før sommerferien. I tillæg venter en tysk pokalfinale mod Kaiserslautern samt to Europa League-semifinaler mod AS Roma.

Danske Tobias Lund Andresen har overrasket alle ved at sprinte sig til tre etapesejre i Tyrkiet Rundt.

GOG tager vigtig sejr i jagten på semifinalen

Hvis man som håndboldelsker var i Gudme lørdag eftermiddag, fik man sig én på opleveren. GOG og Skjern diskede således op med et brag af en håndboldopvisning i mændenes slutspil.

Niveauet var i lange perioder tæt på verdensklasse, intensiteten var enorm, og spillerne var flere gange tæt på at ryge i totterne på hinanden.

En helstøbt og disciplineret indsats gjorde Skjern bedst i det meste af første halvleg, men GOG skruede et par niveauer op lige før og efter pausen og vandt 31-28.

Fynboerne tog dermed en livsvigtig sejr i bestræbelserne på at nå semifinalerne.

De danske mestre er på førstepladsen med syv point i sin gruppe, hvor Skjern er på tredjepladsen med seks point.

Gruppens andet opgør vandt Fredericia Håndboldklub 29-25 over TMS Ringsted. Fredericia har dermed også seks point, men er foran Skjern, fordi klubben endte øverst af de to i grundspillet. TMS er sidst med fire point.

United med Højlund og Eriksen skuffer mod bundprop

Manchester United kan føje endnu en kamp til samlingen over tvivlsomme præstationer i denne sæson.

For godt nok havde den underpræsterende storklub de største og fleste chancer i hjemmekampen mod nedrykningstruede Burnley, men alligevel endte opgøret 1-1.

United tog føringen i det 79. minut, men så begik målmand Andre Onana et tåbeligt straffespark, og det udnyttede gæsterne til at udligne otte minutter efter hjemmeholdets føringsmål.

For anden kamp i træk startede Christian Eriksen på Manchester Uniteds centrale midtbane, mens Rasmus Højlund nu har startet i samtlige otte klubkampe siden en muskelskade holdt ham ude i en måned.

Manchester United ligger nummer seks i Premier League, mens Burnley har to point op til redning.

Mens Burnley stadig kan nå at redde sig med tre gode runder, er løbet nu endegyldigt kørt for Sheffield Unite, som lørdag tabte 1-5 ude til Newcastle, og efter et år på første klasse er klubben nu sendt retur til The Championship.

Håndboldkvinderne fra Team Esbjerg slog lørdag på udebane Ferencvaros med 26-25 i det første af to kvartfinaleopgør i Champions League.

Danske ishockeyherrer taber VM-test mod Norge

De danske ishockeyherrer spillede for anden dag i træk lige op med Norge i ordinær spilletid, men for anden dag i træk endte danskerne også som tabere i den skandinaviske duel.

Efter overtid vandt nordmændene 2-1. Ole Andersen afgjorde kampen i det tredje overtidsminut.

Fredag aften lød cifrene 4-3 til nordmændene, der havde hjemmebanefordel i begge opgør.

I dagens kamp kom Norge foran 1-0 i anden periode. Midt i tredje periode udlignede den tidligere NHL-spiller Joachim Blichfeld på oplæg fra Nick Olesen.

Målscorer Blichfeld har en fortid hos San Jose Sharks i NHL, men han fik aldrig skøjtefæste i den stærke liga, hvor han blot spillede otte kampe. I dag spiller han i svensk ishockey.

Danmark har nu tabt tre ud af fire VM-forberedelseskampe mod Norge.

Danmarks sidste test inden VM er mod Polen 7. maj. Danmark tager hul på VM i Tjekkiet 11. maj med en dyst mod Østrig.

Danske badmintonkvinder åbner Uber Cup med sejr i nøglekamp

Danmarks kvindelige badmintonlandshold skulle blot bruge tre kampe på at åbne Uber Cup med med sejr i nøglekampen mod USA.

Kampen mod USA var udset som en yderst vigtig en af slagsen i kampen om en potentiel andenplads i gruppen, så derfor var sejren vital for Danmarks chancer for at gå videre fra gruppespillet, der nemlig også tæller de forsvarende mestre fra Sydkorea.

Line Kjærsfeldt bragte Danmark foran ved at slå Beiwen Zhang, der rangerer som nummer ti på verdensranglisten.

Maiken Fruergaard og Sara Thygesen fulgte op med sejr over Xu og Xu i damedoublen, inden Line Christophersen lukkede og slukkede med sejr i tre sæt over Esther Shi.

Det betyder, at Julie Dawall Jakobsens single samt Alexandra Bøje og Amalie Magelunds double er uden betydning.

Danmarks øvrige modstandere i gruppespillet er Mexico og altså Sydkorea, der venter henholdsvis søndag og tirsdag.

De to bedste går videre til kvartfinalerne, og mødet med USA anses som en nøglekamp, da Sydkorea er storfavorit til at vinde gruppen.

AGFs kvinder tager første pokalstik mod Brøndby

Pokalfeberen raser i Aarhus, og temperaturen blev ikke mindre af, at AGFs kvinder i dag besejrede Brøndbys ditto med 2-1 i den første af to semifinaleopgør.

For nogle uger siden spillede mændene sig i finalen, og nu står kvinderne altså med gode kort på hånden til at gøre kunsten efter.

AGFs mål blev scoret af Lotte Faurskov og Sarah Dyrehauge til henholdsvis 1-0 og 2-1, mens Brøndbys scoring blev sat ind af Agnete Nielsen.

Returopgøret i Brøndby bliver spillet fredag den 17. maj.

Dansk stortalent vinder for tredje gang i Tyrkiet

Stortalentet Tobias Lund Andresen har været flyvende i Tyrkiet Rundt, og i dag vandt han for tredje gang på bare fire dage, da han kørte først over stregen på syvende etape.

Danskeren tog sejren fra spids og viste endnu engang, at han er værd at holde øje med i fremtiden, når der skal spurtes om etapesejre rundt omkring i verden.

- Det er kæmpestort. Det føles som en drøm lige nu, sagde han i vinderinterviewet efter løbet.

Også Sebastian Nielsen kørte sig i top-10 på etapen, da han sluttede som nummer ti.

Cykelløbet føres fortsat af Frank van den Broek.

Tyrkiet Rundt afgøres med sidste etape søndag.

Sverri Nielsen ror sig sikkert i EM-finalen

Den færøske roer, og store danske OL-håb, Sverri Nielsen sikrede sig i dag en plads i finalen ved EM i roning i Ungarn.

Det gjorde han ved at vinde sin semifinale, og dermed er han klar til finalen, som finder sted søndag omkring kl. 14.10.

Sverri Nielsen skal dog lige sætte tempoet en smule op, hvis han skal gøre sig forhåbninger om en plads på skamlen, da der var tre roere, der satte bedre tid i den anden semifinale.

Det helt store mål for Sverri Nielsen er OL til sommer i Paris, og her er han allerede kvalificeret.

Den olympiske flamme fortsætter rejsen mod Paris til vands

• Det tremastede skib Belem blev bygget færdig i 1896, året for historiens første moderne OL, der blev afholdt i Athen. (Foto: © Louisa Gouliamaki, Ritzau Scanpix)
• "Det er en exceptionel følelse", siger Tony Estanguet, chef for den franske OL-organisationskomité, som her står med flammen. (Foto: © PETROS GIANNAKOURIS, Associated Press)
• Flammen kommer til at blive båret af omkring 11.000 mennesker på sin vej fra Olympia til Paris. (Foto: © LOUIZA VRADI, Ritzau Scanpix)
• En kopi af et gammel græsk krigsskib kaldet en trier var med til at sende flammen afsted fra Grækenland. (Foto: © Louisa Gouliamaki, Ritzau Scanpix)

Den olympiske flamme fortsatte i dag sin rejse til Paris, der til sommer er vært for OL.

Det skete ombord på skibet Belem, der forlod havnen i græske Piræus med kurs mod Frankrig.

I morgen skal Belem passere Korinth-kanalen, og efter planen når skibet den franske havneby Marseille 8. maj.

Herefter skal faklen rundt i hele landet, inden den bliver fragtet videre til Fransk Polynesien, hvor surfing blandt andet bliver afholdt.

Til sidst ankommer flammen til OL-værtsbyen Paris, hvor den rejser rundt mellem de forskellige OL-destinationer inden åbningsceremonien den 26. juli.

Tidligere OB-profil bliver sportsdirektør i Horsens

Den mangeårige superligaprofil Esben Hansen bliver ny sportsdirektør i AC Horsens. Det sker med virkning fra 8. maj.

Det oplyser klubben på sin hjemmeside.

Den 42-årige Hansen nåede at spille næsten 200 superligakampe, hvoraf de fleste var for OB.

Efter karrierestoppet har han været sportsdirektør i Sønderjyske. Her stoppede han i slutningen af 2023.

Horsens rykkede ud af Superligaen i sidste sæson. Holdet er placeret i kvalifikationsspillet i 1. division og har ved at hente ti point i de seneste fire kampe skabt en tryg afstand til nedrykningsstregen.

TTH Holstebro slog fredag Skive og sikrede sig endnu en sæson i herrernes bedste håndboldliga.

IOC-chef har fuld tillid til Wada i kinesisk svømmesag

Præsidenten for Den Internationale Olympiske Komité (IOC), Thomas Bach, har "fuld tillid" til Det Internationale Antidopingagenturs (Wada) håndtering af en verserende svømmesag, hvor 23 kinesiske svømmere er testet positive for doping.

De 23 svømmere afleverede positive dopingprøver kort før OL i Tokyo for tre år siden, men atleterne blev ikke sanktioneret, og sagerne kom først frem i offentligheden, da flere medier afslørede dem i den forgangne uge.

- Vi har fuld tillid til Wada og reglerne, og at Wada følger sine regler, siger Thomas Bach i et interview med AFP i IOC's hovedkvarter i schweiziske Lausanne.

De kinesiske antidopingmyndigheder forklarer, at de 23 atleter uden deres vidende fik dopingstoffet ind i kroppen på grund af forurenet mad fra et hotelkøkken.

Kinesisk sikkerhedspoliti fandt i køkkenets udsugningssystem og i afløbet i køkkenvasken spor af hjertemedicinen trimetazidin - et præstationsfremmende stof.

Wada har afvist, at der blev gjort noget forkert i processen og køber kinesernes forklaring.

OL afvikles fra 26. juli til 11. august.

Danske badmintonherrer åbner med sejr efter magtdemonstrationer

De danske badmintonherrer fik en perfekt start ved Thomas Cup, svarende til VM for hold, da de her til morgen besejrede Algeriet med 3-0.

Sejren blev grundlagt af tre magtdemonstrationer fra henholdsvis Viktor Axelsen, Anders Antonsen og Rasmus Gemke.

Verdensetteren Axelsen åbnede ballet med blot at afgive 11 point i de to sæt, det blev til.

21-5, 21,6 lød cifrene efter blot 25 minutters badminton, og så var stilen ligesom lagt.

Anders Antonsen fulgte kort efter op med en ligeledes overbevisende sejr på 21-13-, 21-12, og så var det bare op til Rasmus Gemke at gøre arbejdet færdigt.

Det gjorde han uden at blinke.

21-4, 21-4 lykkedes det Gemke at besejre sin algeriske modstander, og de danske spillere skulle dermed blot bruge tre af de fem kampe til at sikre sig sejren.

Det endte også med, at Danmark gjorde rent bord, da de to doubler med Kim Astrup og Anders Skaarup samt Frederik Søgaard og Rasmus Kjær også vandt stensikkert.

Søndag skal holdet i aktion igen, hvor modstanderen er Hong Kong.

Dansk NHL-assist ikke nok for Winnipeg

Den danske ishockeystjerne Nikolaj Ehlers leverede en assist, da han og Winnipeg Jets tabte med 2-6 til Colorado Avalanche i nat dansk tid.

Dermed er Winnipeg bagud med 1-2 i kampe i første runde af slutspillet.

Ehlers var ellers med sin assist med til at sende Winnipeg tilbage i kampen, da han lagde op til Tyler Toffolis udligning til 1-1 lidt inde i anden periode, og senere kom Winnipeg også foran med 2-1.

Men i tredje periode gik det helt galt for Ehlers og kompagni, da Colorado fik sendt pucken i mål hele fem gange, uden Winnipeg kunne svare tilbage.

Der spilles bedst af syv kampe, og fjerde kamp spilles søndag aften dansk tid - igen med Colorado som hjemmehold.

Skulle Winnipeg ryge ud i denne omgang, kan det åbne for, at Ehlers slutter sig til det danske landshold, der tager hul på VM 11. maj.

Leicester får hjælpende hånd og er klar til Premier League

Leicester er efter bare et års fravær tilbage i Premier League.

Det blev fredag en matematisk kendsgerning, da forfølgeren Leeds tabte med hele 0-4 hos London-holdet Queens Park Rangers.

Danske Lucas Andersen bidrog til festen, da han tævede sit første mål for QPR siden vinterskiftet fra AaB i kassen til 2-0 i midten af første halvleg.

Leicesters oprykning er gode nyheder for det danske landshold, da målmanden Mads Hermansen og stopperen Jannik Vestergaard begge er stamspillere hos oprykkeren og dermed kan se frem til at blive matchet på øverste niveau.

Leeds ligger fortsat nummer to i Championship, men Ipswich er blot ét point efter og har to kampe i baghånden, så det er langt fra givet, hvem der tager den anden direkte oprykningsplads.

Nummer tre til seks spiller playoff om den tredje og sidste billet til Premier League.

Holger Rune er videre til tredje runde af Madrid Open efter sejr i tre sæt over argentinske Mariano Navone.

TTH Holstebro slår Skive og undgår nedrykning

Alarmen er afblæst i TTH Holstebro, efter at holdet fredag slog Skive fH 34-28 på udebane.

Dermed blev kun to af potentielt tre playoffopgør om en plads i den bedste række nødvendige. TTH Holstebro vandt mandag det første opgør 29-24 på hjemmebane.

Ligesom mandag bed Skive glimrende fra sig i størstedelen af opgøret og var blandt andet foran 15-13 i slutningen af første halvleg, inden gæsterne med tre scoringer i træk sikrede sig en smal pauseføring.

Skive tilspillede sig også flere etmålsføringer i starten af anden halvleg, men tre mål i rap af kampens topscorer Nikolaj Enderleit vendte 20-21 til 23-21, og derfra så TTH Holstebro sig ikke tilbage.

Det er tredje gang på to år, at TTH redder sig i den bedste række efter playoffkampe.

Sønderjyske tæt på oprykning til Superligaen efter sejr

Kun i den allervildeste teori ender sæsonen ikke med, at Sønderjyske rykker op i Superligaen.

Det er facit, efter at sønderjyderne fredag aften slog Kolding IF 2-0 på udebane efter to scoringer af angriberen Mads Agger.

Sønderjyske har med sejren 15 point ned til Fredericia på tredjepladsen med kun fem runder tilbage af sæsonen, og da målscoren samtidigt er 34 mål bedre end Fredericias, kan champagneflaskerne godt lægges på køl.

Første chance for at lade dem springe kommer på torsdag, når Fredericia kommer på besøg i Haderslev, og alt andet end udesejr vil sikre Sønderjyske oprykningen matematisk.

Kolding var ubesejret i 2024 inden fredagens møde med Sønderjyske, så en udesejr var langt fra givet, men 24-årige Mads Agger var i hopla og lavede to meget fine mål.

Lige før pausen blev hurtigløberen sendt af sted i en friløber og omsatte den iskoldt, selv om en forsvarsspiller nåede tilbage og lægge pres på.

Ti minutter inde i anden halvleg vendte Agger fantastisk rundt på en forsvarsspiller og øgede til 2-0 med endnu en knivskarp afslutning.

Nordmakedoneren Sefer Emini lukkede og slukkede til 3-0 efter Tobias Klysners oplæg, og dermed endte det med overbevisende cifre til førerholdet.

Lyngby og Vejle deler i bundgyser

Det er status quo mellem Lyngby og Vejle i bunden af nedrykningsspillet efter en nervepirrende gyser fredag aften.

Sævar Magnusson bragte Lyngby på sejrskurs, men German Onugkha sikrede pointdelingen i starten af anden halvleg.

Med resultatet har Lyngby og Vejle nu henholdsvis 26 og 24 point lige over og under nedrykningsstregen.

Lyngby havde mest initiativ i kampens begyndelse, og derfor var det heller ikke helt hen i vejret, da holdet brød dødvandet og bragte sig på 1-0, da islændingen Sævar Magnusson vendte flot rundt og sparkede bolden op i hjørnet efter landsmanden Kolbeinn Finnssons indlæg.

Kort efter pausen kom der ballance i regnskabet, da Lyngbys forsvar passivt valgte at lade Vejle-topscorer Onughka stå helt blank og heade Musa Juwaras indlæg i nettet.

Begge hold havde herefter overtaget i perioder, og chancerne faldt med jævne mellemrum, men både Storch og engelske Nathan Trott i Vejle-buret hev store redninger ud af ærmet.

Far og søn skal køre dansk bil i Le Mans

Danske Formula Racing får comeback i 24-timers-løbet Le Mans til sommer - otte år efter debuten.

Det oplyser holdet i en pressemeddelelse.

Det danske hold har overtaget pladsen fra et andet Ferrari-hold og stiller op i LMGT3-klassen under navnet Spirit of Race.

Foreløbigt er to af tre kørere udpeget, og det bliver rutinerede Johnny Laursen og dennes søn, kun 17-årige Conrad Laursen.

- Det er en drøm, som er gået i opfyldelse. 2024-sæsonen er startet suverænt med en sejr i første afdeling af European Le Mans Series.

- Ingen tvivl om, at Le Mans bliver mange gange hårdere, men vi har et stærkt team i ryggen og glæder os til at komme til Frankrig og repræsentere Danmark i verdens største racerløb, siger Conrad Laursen.

Formula Racing debuterede i 2016 i Le Mans og blev nummer seks i GTE Am-klassen med Mikkel Mac, Christina Nielsen og Johnny Laursen på rattet.

Årets Le Mans sættes i gang lørdag den 15. juni klokken 16.

Lyngby Boldklub møder fredag Vejle Boldklub i et ægte bunddrama i Superligaen. Følg opgøret her og i Liga på P4.

Kvindedivisionsforeningen er blevet en del af Dansk Boldspil-Union, og det kommer til at løfte den danske liga, lyder det fra forperson.

Badmintonklub straffes maskimalt af udvalg for afbud i bronzekamp

Team Skelskør-Slagelse kommer til at betale for det afbud, de har givet til DM-bronzekampen mod Vendsyssel d. 7. maj.

I en pressemeddelse meddeler Badminton Danmark , at Holdturneringsudvalget har idømt dem den maksimale straf for afbuddet, og at sagen er sendt videre til Disciplinærudvalget.

Den straf lyder på i alt 5.000 danske kroner, mens holdet taberdømmes 0-9. 3.000 kroner af straffen er for afbuddet på kampen, mens de også modtager en bøde på 2.000 kroner for en "ikke fremmødt spiller" i semifinalen mod Højbjerg, der også giver tre minuspoint fra starten af næste sæson.

Det er ifølge Badminton Danmark den hårdeste straf, Team Skelskør-Slagelse kunne modtage i forhold til rammerne i reglementet. Holdturneringsudvalget vurderer, at holdet har bragt spillet i miskredit, hvorfor de sender sagen videre med håbet om at have flere sanktionsmuligheder i fremtiden.

Ifølge Team Skelskør-Slagelse er det økonomiske vanskeligheder, der har gjort, de har måttet melde afbud til bronzekampen.

Andri har vild fodboldfamilie og fortid i Real Madrid: Nu skal han redde Lyngby fra nedrykning

En bror, der spiller på landsholdet. En farfar med masser af landskampe på CV'et. Og en far, der har vundet Premier League, La Liga og Champions League.

22-årige Andri Gudjohnsen er i den grad opflasket med fodbold. Som lille dreng fløj han ned på banen, når faren, Eidur Gudjohnsen, var færdig med at spille kampe for storklubber som Chelsea og FC Barcelona.

Sammen med sin storebror har han været helt tæt på verdens bedste fodboldspillere, de største arenaer og de mest legendariske kampe i sin opvækst. Og efter nogle omveje er islændingen nu i gang med at skrive sin egen historie.

Ikke på verdens største scener, men hos de kongeblå fra Lyngby Boldklub. Her har angriberen fundet fodboldglæden, men der gik faktisk noget tid, før fodbolden fangede Andri.

- Når jeg var til træning eller spillede kamp som lille, løb jeg tit rundt og fokuserede på alt mulig andet. Skyerne eller sommerfugle for eksempel. Jeg var slet ikke fanget af fodbold til at starte med, siger Andri Gudjohnsen til DR Sporten.

På trods af den fodboldgale familie skulle der én særlig kamp til, før den unge islænding blev overbevist om at gå den samme vej som resten af familien.

- Da jeg sad i Rom og så Champions Leauge-finalen mellem Barcelona og Manchester United, gik det op for mig, at det er dét her, jeg også vil lave. Det er min fremtid.

Efter at have spillet ungdomsfodbold i Barcelona og Espanyol stod rivalerne fra Real Madrid pludselig klar med en ungdomskontrakt.

Og da angriberen har været Real Madrid-fan, siden han var helt lille, var det en drengedrøm, der gik i opfyldelse, da skiftet gik igennem - og det blev en helt speciel tid med en vaskeægte legende som træner.

- Da muligheden kom, var jeg slet ikke i tvivl. Jeg fik Raul som træner, og han lærte mig så meget i den tid. Han ved, hvad det kræver at spille på det allerhøjeste niveau. Man lærer så meget af at spille i sådan en stor klub. Det var nogle fantastiske år i Madrid, siger Andri Gudjohnsen.

En lærerig tid i det spanske, hvor Gudjohnsen spillede en god stak kampe for andetholdet, Castilla, og faktisk også blev indskrevet i Champions League-truppen.

Men det blev aldrig til førsteholdsfodbold for hovedstadsklubben. En grim korsbåndsskade sendte den unge angriber ud i over et år og satte en kæp i hjulet for drengedrømmen.

- Som ung spiller var det virkelig hårdt. Men sådan noget sker i fodbold, og jeg ville ikke være den spiller, jeg er nu uden skaden dengang. Det gjorde mig stærkere, siger han.

Efter den lange skadepause og de lange udsigter til førsteholdsfodbold skulle islændingen have spilminutter i benene.

Først blev det til et ophold i svenske Norrköping, og nu er det så den kongeblå Lyngby-trøje, Gudjohnsen trækker over hovedet.

Her har han fundet sig godt til rette, og det ses også på banen. 11 kasser er det blevet til i denne sæson, og den farlige islændings mål-instinkt bliver vigtig, hvis de kongeblå også skal spille i landets bedste række efter sommer.

- Lige siden jeg trådte ind den første dag, har jeg haft det godt her i klubben. Den her sæson har været rigtig god for mig personligt, og nu håber jeg bare, at vi kan slutte godt af og blive oppe, siger Andri Gudjohnsen.

Følg Andri Gudjohnsen og Lyngbys kamp for overlevelelse i LIGA på P4, når de i aften klokken 19.00 møder Vejle.

Du kan se desuden et længere indslag med Andri Gudjohnsen i Sportsmagasinet på søndag klokken 21.35.

I Aalborg Håndbolds Champions League-kamp mod ungarske Veszprem torsdag aften, scorede ungarerne helt til sidst. Ifølge Aalborg Håndbolds træner burde målet dog ikke have talt.

Brasiliansk fodboldlegende stopper landsholdskarrieren ved årsskiftet

Efter godt 22 år som en af de allerstørste profiler på det kvindelige brasilianske landshold er det snart slut for måldronningen Marta.

I går meddelte den nu 38-årige angriber, at 2024 for hendes vedkommende bliver det sidste år i Brasiliens gule og grønne farver.

- Hvis jeg bliver udtaget til OL-holdet, vil jeg nyde hvert et øjeblik, for uanset hvad der sker, om jeg kommer med eller ej, bliver det mit sidste år med landsholdet, sagde hun i et interview med CNN.

Marta landsholdsdebuterede som 17-årig og står noteret for 175 landskampe og 116 mål. Det gør hende til den mest scorende landsholdsspiller i Brasilien på tværs af køn, mens hun også med 17 scoringer har rekorden for flest mål ved VM.

Hun er blevet kåret til verdens bedste fodboldspiller seks gange.

Med Nico Hülkenbergs skifte til Sauber er Kevin Magnussens fremtid i Haas markant forbedret, siger ekspert.

Tidligere dansk landsholdsspiller overtager roret hos Esbjergs ishockeyherrer

Ishockeyholdet Esbjerg Energy har ansat den tidligere danske landsholdsspiller Dan Jensen som ny cheftræner.

Det oplyser klubben i en pressemeddelelse.

55-årige Dan Jensen tiltræder, efter DM-sølvvinderne fra Esbjerg torsdag opsagde samarbejdet med Jason Jaspers efter fire år i spidsen for holdet.

- Nu er efterfølgeren klar, og Dan Jensen kender dansk ishockey, så jeg ser aftalen som en god mulighed for begge parter, siger formand Søren Toft Mathiasen.

Dan Jensen spillede størstedelen af sin karriere i Herning. Han nåede som spiller 565 kampe i den danske liga og vandt det danske mesterskab ni gange.

Derudover er det blevet til 133 kampe på det danske landshold.

Nico Hülkenberg forlader Haas efter denne sæson.

Storbritanniens OL-delegation tager ingen chancer, når det kommer til at sende atleter ud i det beskidte vand.

Andersen og Hurricanes tager tredje sejr på stribe i slutspil

Frederik Andersen og Carolina Hurricanes har natten til fredag dansk tid for tredje gang sejret over New York Islanders i første runde af slutspillet i den bedste nordamerikanske ishockeyliga, NHL.

Med 3-2-sejren er Carolina Hurricanes og den danske ishockeymålmand nu foran 3-0 i det samlede regnskab.

Kampen var den tredje af syv indbyrdes opgør. Carolina Hurricanes skal altså slå New York Islanders en gang mere, før holdet er videre til anden runde af slutspillet.

Den nyligt tilbagevendte Andersen bidrog til natten sejr med at redde 29 forsøg. Det svarer til en redningsprocent på 93.5.

Danskeren gjorde comeback i starten af marts efter mere end 50 kampes pause på grund af en blodprop og har fået ros siden sit comeback på isen.

Koerstz Madsen er næstsidst efter start i Los Angeles

Den danske golfspiller Nanna Koerstz Madsen indtager en delt næstsidsteplads efter første runde i LPGA-turneringen JM Eagle i Los Angeles.

Med en dobbeltbogey, syv bogeys og blot en enkelt birdie gik Koerstz Madsen runden, der blev spillet natten til fredag dansk tid, i otte slag over par.

Resultatet betyder, at Koerstz Madsen kun er et slag bedre end amerikanske Danielle Kang på sidstepladsen.

144 golfspillere deltager i turneringen.

Emily Kristine Pedersen gik første runde i et slag under par og indtager dermed en delt 25.-plads.

Pedersen leverede seks birdies og fem bogeys.

Australske Grace Kim har lagt sig i front efter første runde, som hun gik i syv slag under par.

Danske golfherrer får blandet start på amerikansk holdturnering

Thorbjørn Olesen og Matt Wallace gik natten til fredag dansk tid første runde i PGA-holdturneringen Zürich Classic i New Orleans i otte slag under par.

Dermed indfinder parret sig på en delt 21.-plads med blot tre slag op til førstepladsen.

Holdkammeraterne præsterede torsdag ni birdies og en enkelt bogey.

Førstepladsen deles af fire hold, heriblandt Rory McIlroy og Shane Lowry.

De to venner og tidligere Ryder Cup-holdkammerater leverede 11 birdies og ikke en eneste bogey.

Ryan Brehm og Mark Hubbard, Ben Kohles og Patton Kizzire samt David Lipsky og Aaron Rai er de resterende hold, som har lagt sig i front.

Brødreparret Nicolai og Rasmus Højgaard gik første runde i fire slag under par, hvilket betyder, at de er placeret på en delt 67.-plads.

Yahia Omars scoring til allersidst i Champions League-kvartfinalen mod Aalborg burde ikke have talt, mener nordjydernes cheftræner Stefan Madsen.

En svær opgave ventede nordjyderne på hektisk udebane i Ungarn.

Nordjyderne tabte med en enkelt, 31-32, på udebane i den første Champions League-kvartfinale til Veszprem.

I Corentin Moutets exit ved Madrid Open blev franskmanden både uvenner med en tilskuer, dommeren, en sprinkler og sin egen ketsjer.

Uafhængig undersøgelse af stor kinesisk dopingsag

Det Internationale Antidopingagentur (Wada) har besluttet, at den opsigtsvækkende sag i Kina, hvor en række af verdens bedste svømmere mistænkes for massedoping, skal kigges igennem af en uafhængig anklager.

Det skriver Wada torsdag på sin hjemmeside.

Det bliver Eric Cottier, der får carte blanche til at undersøge sagen til bunds og give sin vurdering, og det forventes, at schweiziske Coittier er færdig inden for to måneder, skriver Wada.

Danske sejlere kvalificerer sig til OL

En meget, meget overbevisende præstation ved World Cup-stævnet i franske Hyères betyder, at sejlerne Natacha Saouma-Pedersen og Mathias Bruun Borreskov torsdag har sikret den samlede sejr inden sidste sejlads, men har samtidig også kvalificeret sig til sommerens OL i bådklassen Nacra 17.

- Det er megafedt, og vi er vildt glade. At komme til OL er noget, vi har drømt om i rigtig mange år, så det er kæmpestort, at det nu er lykkes, siger Natacha Saouma-Pedersen i en pressemeddelelse.

Det danske sejlerlandshold har kvalificeret sig i seks forskellige klasser til legene i Paris, som kan ses på DR's kanaler.

ILCA 6, Anne-Marie Rindom

ILCA 7, Johan Schubert

49er, Daniel Nyborg & Nikolaj Hoffmann Buhl

49er FX, Johanne Schmidt og Andrea Schmidt

IQ Foil Men, Johan Søe

Nacra 17, Natacha Saouma-Pedersen & Mathias Bruun Borreskov

Japanske Ryoyu Kobayashi har bygget sin egen skibakke på Island og landet et hop på 291 meter.

Dansker vinder etape for anden dag i træk

Den danske cykelrytter Tobias Lund Andresen har fået hul på bylden i Tyrkiet Rundt - og nu vælter etapesejrene ind.

Onsdag hentede den 21-årige DSM-rytter karrierens første professionelle sejr, og i dag torsdag gentog han så bedriften på løbets 5. etape, hvor han kom i mål lige foran holdkammerat og supersprinter Fabio Jakobsen på målstregen.

Tobias Lund Andresen fører dermed forsat Tyrkiet Rundt. Med sejren udbyggede han forspringet ned til italieneren Giovanni Lonardi fra Team Polti Kometa, så det nu er på 14 sekunder.

Løbet slutter søndag i Istanbul.

I Kina anses historien om landets 23 dopede svømmere som et angreb, forklarer DR’s korrespondent i Kina, Philip Roin.

De første danske atleter er EM-klar

Syv danske atleter kan allerede torsdag begynde at glæde sig til EM i atletik om halvanden måned.

Det drejer sig om sprinteren Ida Karstoft, hækkeløberen Mette Graversgaard, stangspringeren Caroline Bonde Holm, hammerkasteren Katrine Koch Jacobsen, diskoskasteren Lisa Brix og Juliane Hvid, der skal løbe forhindringsløb, samt sprinter Simon Hansen.

Derudover stiller Danmark også med to stafethold til 4x100 meter løb, som dog endnu mangler at blive udtaget.

Den endelige EM-trup vil blive præsenteret den 28. maj.

EM i atletik varer fra den 7.-12. juni i Rom.

Barcelona-træner ombestemmer sig og fortsætter

Fodboldklubben FC Barcelona kan godt indstille trænerjagten.

Holdets nuværende træner, Xavi, har på et pressemøde meldt ud, at han fortsætter i rollen, selvom han tidligere på sæsonen meldte ud, at han ville stoppe til sommer.

- Jeg har fået meget tillid fra klubben, ledelsen og fra mit hold, og vi er ikke i mål med projektet endnu. Vi skal fortsætte med at arbejde hårdt og styrke projektet sammen. Det er årsagen til, at jeg har skiftet min beslutning, siger han.

Forlængelsen af samarbejdet glæder klubbens præsident, Joan Laporta.

- Vi ved, at Xavi har ønsket at stoppe, men efter at have talt om det, har Xavi vist en stor vilje til at fortsætte med projektet, siger Laporta.

Dansk OL-medaljehåb roer sig i semifinalen ved EM

Sverri Nielsen er videre til semifinalen ved EM i den ungarske by Szeged.

Dansk-færingen roede først i mål i sit indledende heat i mændenes singlesculler med mere end et sekund ned til andenpladsen i tiden et minut og 53 sekunder. Han er derfor direkte videre til semifinalen, som de to bedste i hvert heat kvalificerer sig til.

Tiden var fjerdebedst af alle i de fire indledende heat.

Sverri Nielsen regnes som et af Danmarks store medaljehåb, når han til sommer stiller op til OL. Ved OL i Japan var han 0,15 sekunder fra medaljeskamlen.

EM i Ungarn er Sverri Nielsens første konkurrence i sæsonen.

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What roads will be closed during today's Greenville Cycling Classic? What you need to know

Tour de France veterans George Hincapie, Bobby Julich, and Christian Vande Velde will take a 20-minute ride alongside other cyclists at the Greenville Cycling Classic , presented by Prisma Health, today at One City Plaza.

Tour de France legends Julich, Vande Velde and Hincapie will ride alongside the first 200 registered riders to a casual, one-kilometer speed criterium loop race that travels around downtown for 20 minutes beginning at 5:15 p.m.

Beginning at 3 p.m., men's and women's professional and amateur cycling will occur along Main and Coffee Street. Bike races will continue through 9 p.m. to determine a winner in nine divisions, ranging from 30-minute rides to a 70-lap competition.

This race is part of the Speed Week race series, with nine races in South Carolina and Georgia.

Who is George Hincapie?

Hincapie is a former professional racing cyclist who competed alongside Lance Armstrong as his domestique or assisting rider on the U.S. PostalPro Cycling Team. He is also known for helping Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans to their first Tour de France victories in 2007 and 2011.

During Hincapie's 27-year professional cycling career, he won three U.S. Professional Road Race championships and finished second in the 2005 Paris-Roubaix, still the highest-placing American ranking for that specific race.

How do I attend the Greenville Cycling Classic?

The racing path will expand between East North Street, East McBee Avenue, South Laurens Street, and South Brown Street.

What roads will be closed during the race?

Road closures for the event will be in place from noon to 11 p.m. on April 25.

They will include:

• Main Street, from McBee Avenue to East North Street
• East North Street, from North Main to Brown Streets
• Brown Street, from East North Street to McBee Avenue
• McBee Avenue, from South Brown Street to South Laurens Street
• South Laurens Street, from West McBee Avenue to West Washington Street
• Washington Street, from South Laurens to Brown Streets

Greenville Cycling Classic Event Schedule

• 3:15 p.m. -- Women's Category 4/5 Race
• 3:50 p.m. -- Men's Category 4/5 Race
• 4:25 p.m. -- Masters 40 +
• 4:25 p.m. -- Masters 50 +
• 4:25 p.m. -- Masters 60 +
• 5:15 p.m. -- Ride with the Tour de France Legends
• 5:55 p.m. -- Men's Category 2/3 Race
• 6:55 p.m. -- Women's Pro 1/2/3 Category Race
• 8:05 p.m. -- Men's Pro 1/2 Category Race

For more information, visit greenvillecyclingclassic.com

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