Tour de France Femmes 2026: Mont Ventoux finish looms on toughest stage – live

Updates as the riders head for the formidable Ventoux Stage six report | Follow us on Instagram | Mail Tom When the route planners drew up this year’s Tour de France Femmes they were probably hoping that the race’s first ever ascent of Mont Ventoux for the ‘queen stage’ would begin with this exact race scenario, where a group of general classification riders are chasing a time-trial specialist in the yellow jersey. They might have hoped defending champion and home favourite, Pauline…