00:14The Tour de France is like just the biggest race in the world and everyone is dreaming about doing it.
00:20It's such a special race that I saw in the TV when I was young.
00:23To be here in the star line is very special for us.
00:27Beautiful, perfect.
00:29The Tour de France is more than sport.
00:31She is going to win this stage and win the overall in the best way possible.
00:37Pauline Franprevaux wins the Tour de France for Mavic Swift. Sensational.
00:43The yellow jersey is something I've always dreamed of.
00:46Generally once I set my mind on a goal, nothing can knock me off course.
00:50I want to win it a second time.
00:54The yellow jersey represents the victory and it represents freedom.
01:00It's the most beautiful that exists.
01:02It's what we want to surpass every day.
01:04It's definitely unique.
01:06It's very special. You create memories and paths for the future generations.
01:12Putting on a yellow jersey is really special.
01:14And I always get emotional talking about it because it brings me back so many good memories.
01:19Oh, crash!
01:21Oh, Demi following is down.
01:24Following is on the deck.
01:262025, it was just the best I could do.
01:29Of course I wanted to do better.
01:31I mean, I don't know if this is a revenge.
01:33I just want to win it again.
01:39It's the Tour de France and everyone wants to win.
01:43So it's going to be hectic.
01:45It's going to be hard.
01:46You have to be prepared for everything.
01:49Yeah, we're ready for it.
01:55The fifth edition starts along the shores of Lake Geneva.
01:59Three categorized climbs and a late sting in the tail before a 400-meter dash to the line.
02:05A perfect way to celebrate Switzerland's National Day in the Olympic City of Lausanne.
02:23A perfect way to celebrate the race.
02:23Marion Royce signaled the start of the race proper and no one was looking to sit back.
02:28A frequent escapee 12 months ago, Maude Reinbeck parted the first breakaway alongside Ido Iraso.
02:34Nikola Noskova and then Ossian Mai successfully bridged across the former quartet, doubling the power, enlarging the lead.
02:44The gap goes up to 2.22.
02:52It would soon balloon further to four minutes over the peloton when Alison Jackson elected to make a move to
02:59cross to the head of the race.
03:01Tucking and rolling, but not enough for the cheery Canadian to join the breakaway effort before the foursome arrived at
03:07the first challenge of the day.
03:09The Côte de Chabres offering the first polka-dot points of the 2026 edition.
03:14Queen of the mountains, Ossian Mai of Ma Petit-Entreprise is going to be first over the top.
03:22Quite an impression on the 24-year-old's Grand Tour debut for an invited team funded by small and mid
03:28-sized French companies, capturing the tour spirit while others hit the deck.
03:32Go, crash, crash to the back, crash to the back, shooter.
03:35Laura Tomasi initially continued but sadly had to quit later on.
03:40Meanwhile, Iraso won't be getting a call-up for the Spanish relay team.
03:44Wow, that was a...
03:47Didn't want the gel.
03:48Catch those at that speed.
03:50Oh.
03:52That's not good, is it?
03:53Three bottles in a row.
03:57Cohesion more important than contesting for the first green jersey points.
04:02Maybe a surprise though, not more fights when the peloton arrived.
04:06Charlotte Coe claiming 13 points.
04:13It was time to up the ante ahead of the second category climb.
04:18FDJ United-Suez hit the front with Amber Crack and Evita Muzic taking turns to speed things up.
04:25That invariably had several riders struggling to keep up as the gap ducked under two minutes.
04:30The quartet focused on Queen of the Mountain points at the summit.
04:36They're looking for the maximum points again.
04:39This rider wants the Queen of the Mountain's jersey this afternoon.
04:43Fourteen kilometers later and the final Queen of the Mountain points on offer.
04:47Noskova taking the others by surprise but Mai's two points enough to confirm a podium visit today
04:53and the polka dots for her and Ma Petit Enterprise on stage two.
04:58Noskova's move merely an early indication of her solo attack as others made their move to hunt her down.
05:05Well, Noskova is still up the road.
05:07Five wins in her career.
05:08She won Trentino.
05:10She's three times the Czech individual time trial champion.
05:15A valiant effort by Rasso back with Spratt and Rhinebeck for company.
05:20The peloton pace did mean trouble for one on home roads.
05:24Yeah, crash, crash, crash.
05:26Now I've got 51 miles to Hoyt there.
05:28Armed turn.
05:31Movistar would send help to bring the Swiss leader back.
05:34And while the chasers had Noskova in their sights,
05:37Roycer reconnected with the gap dropping below a minute.
05:44Resistance held firm until inside the final seven kilometers.
05:48The end for the breakaway of which Kovides' Czech was an almost ever-present.
05:52No surprise then she'd win the combativity award.
05:56Two prizes for two French teams on the day,
05:58but the biggest two now up for grabs.
06:01The win and yellow.
06:26The most successful stage winner in Tour de France Femme with Swift history.
06:32Number six earned with another swashbuckling show of speed.
06:35Heating out Lukov, Hina and Bollering to the line.
06:39Just ten riders reached the finish line in Rivas' time.
06:42I cannot believe it.
06:43The team, SDWorks Pro Time, they worked super hard today.
06:47And that also gives me extra energy.
06:49And then, yeah, it was a long sprint, but I'm super happy with this.
06:53Yeah.
06:59She won the first stage of the rebranded tour in 2022,
07:03meaning it's her second time in yellow, four years apart.
07:06Bonuses mean a slender four-second advantage.
07:11Weebus, of course, will be mainly focused on defending her 20-25 points jersey,
07:16a Dutch rider backing green and a handsome-looking 20-point gap for starters.
07:21An incredible story for my and ma petite entreprise.
07:25So many playing their part.
07:27And then the 24-year-old went ahead and delivered the polka-dot jersey on her tour debut.
07:32The question now, how long could she hold on to it?
07:34A dead heat between three, but it's the reigning Vuelta champion Paolo Blasi
07:39in the best young rider's white jersey.
07:43Tomorrow, a flat ride to Geneva, and anyone take yellow from Weebus' shoulders.
