Tour de France Femmes stage 4 LIVE: 21km Dijon TT decisive for GC battle

This is the moment Romina Hinojosa (Lotto Intermarché Ladies) started her ride.

She is the last rider on GC after staying with her teammate Dina Boels finish stage 2.

The Belgian team experienced one of their hardest days on the Tour de France Femmes, losing 3 riders. Dina and Romina fought together for 60 kilometres to finish within time limit and they made it.

Sadly she abandoned the day after but can be proud of her fight.

Lotto Intermarché Ladies only have 3 riders left in the Tour but they will race on.

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OFFICIAL START

Here we go!

Romina Hinojosa (Lotto Intermarché Ladies) starts her ride. She is the first rider off.

These are some key rider start times.

tick, tock, tick, tock. It's almost time for the TT to begin.

There are 138 riders left in the race and they will start at 1-minutew intervals, with the last 20 riders starting at 2-minute intervals.

Allez les Femmes!

It's 10 minutes to the start of the time trial and many riders are already warming up near their buses.

The fans and ice vests are out in the shade of the team buses because it is 34C on the ground in central France.

That heat adds an extra difficulty to the stage alongside the need to push at 100%, bike handling and those huge aero helmets.

Time trials are a test of many skills and that's why they're so fascinating.

We're loving the bidon hunting vibes at the TDFF.

Matilda Price and Dani Ostanek are on the ground in France, gathering all the best TDFF news, reaction and producing some great analysis.

Matilda wrote this special feature on the Tour starting in Switzerland and what that means for the race and for Swiss cycling. It's a fascinating read as we wait for the TT to begin.

A very Swiss start to the Tour de France Femmes, but what next for women's cycling in Switzerland?

This is the technical start to the TT. Precious seconds can be lost here.

Early today, the riders were allowed to train and recon the course for a final time, to have a final look at the key corners and sectors.

Romina Hinojosa (Lotto Intermarché Ladies) is the first of the 139 riders to start the TT.

She rolls down the start ramp at 14:51CEST local time.

The Cyclingnews live coverage includes a Race Situation box with all the start times, the intermediate times and the finish time.

Our live updates will give you all the inside information on the TT, with details and analysis of the performances and what the time gians and time losses mean for the GC battle.

This is the map of the 21km time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon through the Côte d’Or vineyards on central France.

Riders face extra pre-race checks by race judges after suspicions that some riders are looking for an extra marginal gains.

Extra clothing checks at Tour de France Femmes after reports riders may be padding bras for aero gains

Read our special TT preview for details of the 21km course and the riders in action.

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As always, we will have full live coverage of all the action from the 21km individual time trial to Dijon.

We are expecting some great individual performances but also a GC battle as every second counts.

Hello and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of the Tour de France Femmes time trial.