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'I think it's more and more difficult to win' - Movistar look to defend Marlen Reusser's Tour de France Femmes podium spot in Nice
News Swiss racer falls to 1:12 behind new leader Demi Vollering, sheds 27 seconds to fourth-placed Elisa Longo Borghini
'I lost all respect for them’ – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney accuses Demi Vollering's teammate Célia Gery of lack of 'fair play' after Tour de France Femmes stage 8
News Canyon-SRAM rider finished third in Nice, losing yellow jersey with one day to go
As it happened: GC riders battle it out as race lead changes yet again on Tour de France Femmes stage 8
LIVE The 8th stage of the race is the longest at 171.9km in blazing sunshine as the peloton race from Sisteron to Nice with a potential sprint on the Promenade des Anglais.
Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will not start stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes
News Visma-Lease a Bike announce the Frenchwoman's departure due to illness on Saturday morning
Charlotte Kool leaves Tour de France Femmes after finishing outside the time limit on punishing stage to Mont Ventoux
News After a torrid Tour, Dutch rider was over three minutes outside the time limit
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney reigns as queen of Mont Ventoux, but the Tour de France Femmes crown is still up for grabs – Analysis
Analysis Tour set for thrilling finale in Nice with three contenders still in the frame for yellow after taming the Giant of Provence
'It just became a massive ball of stress' – Paula Blasi and UAE Team L'IMAD united on Mont Ventoux after challenging week at Tour de France Femmes
News 'Sometimes things just build up' says Spaniard of the off the bike challenges
'A payback for all the second and third places' – Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney pulls out all the stops to move within reach of second Tour de France Femmes title
News 2024 victor in race lead with 15 second advantage to Demi Vollering and now expects 'a massive fight for basically everything' in remaining two stages
'I really should have closed the gap straight away' – Demi Vollering harbours Mont Ventoux regrets as Niewiadoma-Phinney soars into Tour de France Femmes lead
News 'Until the finish line in Nice, all is possible' says FDJ directeur sportif Nicolas Maire
No fairytale Mont Ventoux comeback for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot as team still without answers on underwhelming Tour de France Femmes
News 'Looking at last year's programme and this year's programme doesn't give us any insight for this moment, but we will do it, of course, afterwards' says team manager Rutger Thijssen
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'We expected to be attacked left, right and centre' – Kim Le Court-Pienaar defends Tour of Britain Women GC lead on hilly stage 4
Strong summer for resurgent Mauritian champion continues after a spoiled spring campaign -
'I want to develop myself more in the hills' – After another impressive punchy display at the Tour of Britain Women, is Lorena Wiebes evolving?
Dutchwoman is getting stronger on the hills with the 2027 Tour de France Femmes UK Grand Départ in mind -
Tour of Britain Women: Lorena Wiebes claims hard-fought hat trick of victories on stage 4
Kim Le Court-Pienaar maintains overall race lead into finale on Sunday
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'A bit of a rollercoaster of a season' – Ally Wollaston sets her sights on Track Worlds after going 'back to the drawing board' at Tour of Britain Women
'I feel like I've just been floating through the season a little bit without real targets' says New Zealand champion -
Kortijk Koerse: Sofie van Rooijen out-sprints Charlotte Kool for a second career victory in Belgian race
Kathrin Schweinberger takes third in bunch finish -
'I would love to get selection' – Lauren Dickson continues breakthrough season at Tour of Britain Women, aiming at a World Championships debut
'The course is something that would really suit me' says British racer who finished sixth on Friday's queen stage
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South African racer leaves Tour of Britain Women after returning out-of-competition positive test for synthetic peptide
S'annara Grove returned positive test for Ipamorelin at the recent Commonwealth Games -
'A shame I wasn't on Kim's wheel in the final corner' – Liane Lippert second behind unstoppable Le Court-Pienaar on Tour of Britain Women queen stage
German Movistar leader takes a 26-second GC deficit into the final two stages -
Tour of Britain Women: Kim Le Court-Pienaar soars to spectacular victory atop The Great Orme on stage 3
Mauritian Champion moves into the overall lead of the race
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Lotte Kopecky pulls out of Tour of Britain Women
Former world champion 'not feeling well' ahead of crucial stage 3 -
'A huge step-up and a lot to learn' – Kate Courtney swiftly adapting to WorldTour racing with FDJ United-Suez at the Tour of Britain Women
'Every day she's well-positioned and doing a good job' says French team DS Lars Boom -
'We can make quick decisions' - Megan Guarnier switches from driver's seat to race bike to guide US women's team at Philadelphia Cycling Classic
Former Women's WorldTour champion was the last woman on the podium at US UCI race 10 years ago
