The Norwegian staged a gritty move to hold off the two-time world champion to take the stage and the yellow jersey.
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Second place was going to be just fine for Sigrid Haugset. The Uno-X Mobility rider was active early on stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes, clearly intent on getting in the breakaway. But when she went solo from a small group with almost 90 km left to race, the Norwegian road champion wasn’t thinking about what would await her more than two hours later at the finish in Poligny.
With solo chaser and two-time world champion Lotte Kopecky nipping her heels, Haugset briefly accepted the inevitable before improbably pulling clear to achieve a remarkable sweep of accomplishments: a stage win, the overall race lead, and a spot in the history books as the longest successful solo break in Tour Femmes history.
“When I went it was so many seconds and I thought, ‘Yeah, [Kopecky] will catch me,’ and I thought, ‘Yeah, just drop down to her; second [place] is good’,” Haugset said at the finish before laughing. “I can’t believe she didn’t catch me.”
[race_result id=15687 stage_id=89769 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]
[race_result id=15687 stage_id=89769 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]
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