(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)

(FILES) British cyclist Millie Robinson wins the final stage and the general of the first Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, in Mantes-la-Jolie, outskirts of Paris on October 2, 1955. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by BALDONI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) AG Insurance - Soudal Team's Mauritius rider Kimberley Le Court Pienaar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey and the pack ride during the 8th stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 111.9 km from Chambery to Saint-François-Longchamp, near La Motte-en-Bauges, south-eastern France on August 2, 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) Supporters wave as Canyon//SRAM Racing team's Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, competes in the 8th and last stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes 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) The pack rides during 3rd stage of the new edition of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, 133,6 km between Reims and Epernay on July 26, 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) Lithuanian rider Diana Ziliute with the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles to win the second stage of the Women's Tour de France - Tour de France Femmes cycling race, a 19,8 km time trial stage around Chateaudun, central France on August 20, 1999. The 5th edition of the Women's Tour de France will start in Lausanne on August 1, 2026. (Photo by DANIEL JANIN / AFP via Getty Images)