(FILES) AG Insurance - Soudal Team's Mauritius rider Kimberley Le Court Pienaar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and the pack ride during the 8th stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 111.9 km from Chambery to Saint-François-Longchamp, near La Motte-en-Bauges, south-eastern France on August 2, 2025. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Supporters wave as Canyon//SRAM Racing team's Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, competes in the 8th and last stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, a 149.9 km between Le Grand Bornand and the Alpe d'Huez, in L'Alpe d'Huez, south-eastern France, on August 18, 2024. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) The pack rides during 3rd stage of the new edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 133,6 km between Reims and Epernay on July 26, 2022. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Lithuanian rider Diana Ziliute with the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles to win the second stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, a 19,8 km time trial stage around Chateaudun, central France on August 20, 1999. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by DANIEL JANIN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Winner Team Visma | Lease a Bike's French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot with the overall leader's yellow jersey celebrates on the podium for the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race at the end of the 9th and final stage (out of 9) 124.1 km from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel, in Chatel, eastern France on August 3, 2025. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) The pack rides past the Arc de Triomphe during the 1st stage of the new edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 81,6 km between the Tour Eiffel and the Champs-Elysees, in Paris on July 24, 2022. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) (From L) Sweden rider Susanne Ljungskog, Spanish rider Joane Somarriba, Italian rider Fabiana Luperini and Swiss rider Nicole Brandli ride during the fifth stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, a 101,5 km stage between L'Argentiere-la-Bessee and Vaujany, central-eastern France, on August 7, 2003. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by JEAN-LUC LAMAERE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Team SD Worx's Dutch rider Demi Vollering wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles at the start of her run during the eighth and final stage (out of 8) of the second edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race a 22,6 km individual time trial between Pau and Pau, south-western France, on July 30, 2023. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)