Marlen Reusser wins 4 time trial, takes yellow jersey

Swiss world time trial champion Marlen Reusser won the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and took the overall race lead. Reusser completed the 21-kilometer individual time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in 27 minutes and 30 seconds, narrowly beating Lieke Nooijen by four seconds. Demi Vollering finished third, 18 seconds behind the stage winner.

With the victory, Reusser claimed the yellow jersey for the first time in her career. She now leads the general classification by 14 seconds over Vollering. Cédrine Kerbaol sits in third place overall, 54 seconds behind the new race leader. The stage dramatically reshuffled the standings, with overnight leader Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset losing considerable time after her extraordinary 88.5-kilometer solo victory the previous day. Haugset dropped to fourth overall, 56 seconds behind Reusser.

Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, who had not competed in a major time trial since her return to road racing, lost two minutes and 13 seconds to Reusser. She now faces a significant deficit, sitting 14th overall, nearly two minutes behind her main rival Vollering. Other general classification contenders...