(FILES) Dutch cyclist Leontien Van Moorsel (C) waves with the overall leader's yellow jersey after winning the Women's Tour de France, ahead of French rider Jeannie Longo (R) and Belgian rider Heidi Van De Vijver at the end of the final stage between Fontanil-Cornillon and Alpe d'Huez, in the French Alps, on August 23, 1992. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by Pierre BESSARD / AFP via Getty Images)

French rider Jeannie Longo the overall leader's yellow jersey raises the fist of US rider Greg Lemond the overall leader's yellow jersey to celebrate his victory at The Champs-Elysees at the end of the last stage of the 76th edition of the Tour de Frabce in Paris on July 23, 1989. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Movistar Team's Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten celebrates her overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the 8th and final stage of the new edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 123,3 km between Lure and La Super Planche des Belles Filles, on July 31, 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) Canyon//SRAM Racing team's Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma celebrates on the podium wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey after winning the third edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race and competing in the 8th and last stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race 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)French rider Jeannie Longo cycles during the 10th stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, a 45,3 km time trial stage between Saint-Galmier and Rive-de-Gier, central-eastern France on August 15, 2001. 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 DSM's Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes looks at her child as she celebrates her overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of 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) The yellow jersey group rides in the fog during the 7th stage (out of 8) of the second edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 90 km from Lannemezan to Tourmalet Bagneres-de-Bigorre, southern France, on July 29, 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)

(COMBO) This combination of file photographs created on July 23, 2026, shows the last four winners of the Women's Tour De France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race celebrating on the podium of the last stage of each edition with their overall leaders' yellow jersey: Movistar Team's Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten (up L) in La Super Planche des Belles Filles, on July 31, 2022, Team SD Worx's Dutch rider Demi Vollering (up R) in Pau south-western France, on July 30, 2023, Canyon//SRAM Racing team's Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma (bottom L) in L'Alpe d'Huez, south-eastern France, on August 18, 2024 and Team Visma | Lease a Bike's French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot 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 Jeff PACHOUD and JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)