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2026-06-21T09:11:42.936Z
Femke De Vries has won the Queen of the Mountains jersey.
2026-06-21T09:06:54.632Z
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2026-06-21T09:06:14.235Z
Megan Arens has been dropped by the lead group as they begin the second descent of Col de la Croix.
2026-06-21T09:04:33.208Z
Megan Arens attacked in search of QoM points but was chased down by Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney. Niewiadoma-Phinney started the stage 1:49 down in the GC and will need to press on in this descent if she wants to drop Reusser and improve her GC standing.
2026-06-21T08:55:38.203Z
Femke De Vries attacks again and a gap opened up to Megan Arens and Cédrine Kerbaol. They have managed to fight back on to the back of the group, but this could be a sign of this to come for Kerbaol and Arens if more attacks keep coming from this lead group.
2026-06-21T08:51:07.292Z
Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) is on the front of a chasing group of five, trying to pull it back into contention, but the gap to the lead group has gone out to 52 seconds.
2026-06-21T08:45:40.894Z
Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) has bridged her way to the lead group.
2026-06-21T08:40:22.420Z
At just 19 years old, this is an incredible ride from Megan Arens.
2026-06-21T08:39:00.891Z
50km to go
2026-06-21T08:38:31.047Z
Femke De Vries (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) attacks! Marlen Reusser (Movistar), Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) and Megan Arens (Team Picnic PostNL). A gap has opened up to Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) and Koch has been caught and dropped.
2026-06-21T08:36:11.159Z
Sarah Van Dam (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) has been dropped.
2026-06-21T08:32:20.041Z
The yellow jersey group have caught the chase group and closed the gap to just 1:02. Liane Lippert (Movistar) has been dropped, leaving Reusser without any teammates.
2026-06-21T08:29:08.963Z
“I think Elisa should try something because she is only 10 seconds behind, and then I think there should be a fight also for the other podium spots because it’s quite tight and I also think The GC order we have now is not representing a stage like today. We didn’t have this big climbing stage so I think here you make bigger differences, it’s different people that can be even faster, so I guess they will atack each other also.” Marlen Reusser said to CyclingProNet
2026-06-21T08:14:51.990Z
Marlen Reusser (Movistar) looks like she is struggling in the heat.
2026-06-21T08:13:09.260Z
Franziska Koch must be feeling amazing because the gap to the chase group is now 1:25, and the gap to the yellow jersey group is two and a half minutes. There are some attacks coming out of the yellow jersey so we’ll have to wait and see if they can close the gap.
The GC riders are still mostly together, but I would be surprised if we got to the top of this climb without somebody trying to change that.
2026-06-21T08:05:42.186Z
Koch has a 40 second gap to the group of six going into the second ascent of Col de la Croix.
2026-06-21T08:00:51.295Z
The peloton is 2:10 back as they approach they prepare for their second climb up the Col de la Croix.
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2026-06-21T07:53:30.071Z
70km to go
2026-06-21T07:51:25.412Z
The two groups of three have merged and are 12 seconds behind Koch. The yellow jersey group are now at +1:35.
2026-06-21T07:48:08.387Z
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2026-06-21T07:46:21.309Z
Nina Buijsman (Human Powered Health), Nienke Vinke (Team SD Worx – Protime) and Jasmin Liechti (NEXETIS) are chasing Koch and are at 11 seconds. Another group of three is at 25 seconds, and the remains of the peloton are at 30.
2026-06-21T07:41:47.748Z
Franziska Koch (FDJ United – SUEZ) is in the lead with a gap of 12 seconds.
2026-06-21T07:38:46.285Z
There is a group of ten riders currently leading. It includes Marlen Reusser (Movistar), Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM).
2026-06-21T07:34:08.909Z
Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) and Arens (Team Picnic PostNL) have both been caught by a reduced peloton. Arens did cross the top of the Col de la Croix first though, bringing her up to 13 points in the mountain classification, only 3 points behind Femke de Vries (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) on 16 points.
2026-06-21T07:29:11.437Z
Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) has attacked from the peloton too and is 20 seconds behind Arens (Team Picnic PostNL).
2026-06-21T07:27:43.239Z
The peloton seems to be breaking up now. Megan Arens (Team Picnic PostNL) has broken free of the peloton and has a gap of 30 seconds.
2026-06-21T07:19:54.352Z
The peloton is approaching the top of Col de la Croix for the first time, where there will be a fight for the mountain classifaction points. Femke de Vries (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) currently leads on 13 points, with Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) and Megan Arens (Team Picnic PostNL) close behind on 7.
2026-06-21T07:07:00.727Z
Before the action begins, check out our report from yesterday’s TT if you need a quick refresher.
2026-06-21T07:02:21.569Z
The stage is underway in Villars-sur-Ollon.
2026-06-21T06:59:19.706Z
A reminder of who our classification leaders are going into the final stage:
GC: Marlen Reusser
Points: Zoe Bäckstedt
QoM: Femke de Vries
Youth: Cédrine Kerbaol
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2026-06-21T06:50:52.695Z
The neutral roll out will be at 9am CEST, with the official flag drop at 9:02am CEST. The stage today starts halfway up the Col de la Croix, so there should be action right from the start.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the fifth and final stage of the Tour de Suisse Women 2026.