(FILES) Tour de France winners French rider Laurent Fignon (2ndL) and US rider Marianne Martin (C) smile on the podium surrounded by Paris' Mayor Jacques Chirac (L) and France's Prime Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris on July 22, 1984. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)