History maker: Peerless Annemiek van Vleuten wins first edition of relaunched Tour de France Femmes

Annemiek van Vleuten knows what today means for women’s cycling. And the 39-year-old Movistar rider certainly made it count, attacking alone on the Planche des Belles Filles to secure a win in the yellow jersey, and with it, the first edition of the relaunched Tour de France Femmes.

In the years after what could have been a devastating setback, Van Vleuten set about becoming the best bike rider in the world. Since 2016, she’s won three Giri d’Italia, one road world championship, two time trial worlds, a European road championship, two editions each of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Strade Bianche and La Course, a Tour of Flanders, and a redemptive Olympic time trial gold.

Van Vleuten’s capacity for improbable comebacks was needed more than ever during the opening stages of this week’s historic Tour de France Femmes, which she had entered as the red-hot favourite. Today, the Movistar rider waited until six kilometres from the finish on La Super Planche des Belle Filles to launch her stage-winning move.

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