1 : OFF THE MARK
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney celebrates her first stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, becoming the 22nd different rider to win a stage in the race. It's also a breakthrough for Poland, becoming the 11th different country to claim a stage victory. Just four days earlier, Sigrid Haugset had become the 21st different stage winner, while Norway became the 10th nation to record a stage win.
40 : HER PERSEVERANCE HAS FINALLY PAID OFF
An ever-present at every edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift since 2022, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney finally claimed her first stage victory... at the 40th attempt! Despite winning the Maillot Jaune in 2024, the Polish rider had previously finished on the podium in six stages without ever standing on the top step (two second places and four thirds). She had also recorded at least one stage podium in each of the race's first five editions. At last, her perseverance has been rewarded.
5 : BACK IN YELLOW
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney wore the final four Yellow Jerseys of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024. Two years later, the Polish rider is back in the race lead, pulling on the Yellow Jersey for the 5th time. That makes her the third-most decorated rider in the history of the race in terms of Yellow Jerseys worn, behind Marianne Vos (8) and Lotte Kopecky (6). Niewiadoma-Phinney had not led the general classification of a race since her overall triumph at the Alpe d'Huez in 2024.
4 : THE FANTASTIC FOUR
After Lorena Wiebes (stages 1–2), Sigrid Haugset (stage 3), and Marlen Reusser (stage 4-5-6), Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney is the 4th different rider to lead the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2026. Four different wearers of the Yellow Jersey during a single edition, that is unprecedented! There were three distinct leaders in 2022 (Wiebes, Marianne Vos, Annemiek van Vleuten), 2024 (Charlotte Kool, Demi Vollering, Niewiadoma-Phinney), and 2025 (Vos, Kim Le Court Pienaar, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot); and two in 2023 (Lotte Kopecky, Vollering).
15 : CLOSER THAN EVER
Just 15 seconds separate Yellow Jersey Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney from her nearest challenger, Demi Vollering, after seven stages. It is the closest general classification for 1-2 positions in the history of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift at this moment of the race. The previous smallest gap between the top two after seven stages was 26 seconds, separating Kim Le Court-Pienaar (race leader) from Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (second place) in 2025.
2 : FOLLOWING BAUERNFEIND
Ricarda Bauernfeind gave Canyon//SRAM its first-ever stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Albi in 2023. Three years later, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney adds a second success to the team's tally, bringing the German squad back to winning ways.
1 : ONE STEP HIGHER
Third on the stage, Elisa Longo Borghini claimed her first stage podium at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. She improved on her previous best result, 4th place in Provins in 2022. It is Italy's eighth stage podium, achieved by four different riders (Elisa Balsamo, Marta Bastianelli, Silvia Persico and Elisa Longo Borghini), but the country's wait for a first stage victory goes on.
4 : THE GIANT OF PROVENCE
Making its debut on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Mont Ventoux is the highest summit of the 2026 edition and the fourth-highest point reached by the peloton since the race returned in 2022. The riders climbed to an altitude of 1,910 metres today, just below the 1,924 metres of Col du Glandon (2024), the 2,000 metres of Col de la Madeleine (2025) and the 2,115 metres of Col du Tourmalet (2023).
