The fact that everyone expected her to triumph today doesn’t take anything out from Marlen Reusser’s amazing performance – one of the best victories in her career, if not the best. The reigning ITT World Champion excelled in the individual time trial of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift to defeat Dutch rouleur Lieke Nooijen (Visma-Lease a Bike) by 4” and put 18” on Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez), the best amongst the rest of the GC contenders on a day where defending Tour champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma | Lease a Bike) lost more than two minutes to the winner. Even more was conceded by Sigrid Haugset (Uno-X Mobility), who lost her Yellow Jersey on the way to Dijon after her excellent solo victory in the Jura mountains on the eve. Reusser is of course the new overall leader of this Grande Boucle, with 14” on Vollering and 54” on Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly). The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift now enters a new phase, with two demanding mid-mountain stages to come in Belleville-en-Beaujolais and Tournon-sur-Rhône ahead of the much-anticipated mountaintop finish in Mont Ventoux.
Stage 4
- Marlen REUSSER, (MOVISTAR TEAM), en 11h 47′ 36”
- Demi VOLLERING, (FDJ UNITED-SUEZ), en 11h 47′ 50” +00′ 14”
- Cedrine KERBAOL, (EF EDUCATION – OATLY), en 11h 48′ 30” +00′ 54”
GC
1 Marlen REUSSER MOVISTAR TEAM 11h 47′ 36”
2 Demi VOLLERING FDJ UNITED-SUEZ + 00h 00′ 14”
3 Cedrine KERBAOL EF EDUCATION – OATLY + 00h 00′ 54”
