(FILES) British rider Nicole Cooke with the overall leader's yellow jersey rides the Mont Ventoux during the fifth stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race between Valreas and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, southern France, on June 30, 2006. 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) Trek-Segafredo's Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini cycles during the 7th stage of the new edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 127,1 km between Selestat and Le Markstein on July 30, 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) Bizkaia/SPA's Spanish rider Joane Somarriba-Arrola with the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles in the pack in front of the Arc de Triomphe during the 14th stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race in Paris on August 17, 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) Supporters cheer on Overall leader's yellow jersey Team Visma | Lease a Bike's French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot climbing the Corbier pass (1230 m) with Lidl - Trek's New Zealand rider Mary Niamh Fisher Black (R) during the 9th and final stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 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) FDJ-SUEZ team's French rider Marie Le Net (L) and Team SD Worx - Protime's Belgian rider Lotte Kopecky (C) ride in a breakaway during the 7th stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 159.7 km from Bourg-en-Bresse to Chambéry, in Chambéry, south-eastern France on August 1, 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) Team SD Worx's Dutch rider Demi Vollering celebrates on the podium wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey at the end of 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 an 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)

(FILES) French rider Jeannie Longo (C) receives the leader's jersey of the Yves Rocher Women's Tour de France under the gaze of Italian Maria Canins (L) at the end of the 26th stage between Saint-Yrieix and Limoges, in Limoges, central France on July 19, 1985. 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) The pack of riders (peloton) cycles by a vintage Volkswagen Kombi bus during the 3rd stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 163,5 km from La Gacilly to Angers, in France, on July 28, 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)