Bra-padding claims spark Tour de France Femmes controversy

Riders at the Tour de France Femmes will be subject to extra clothing checks before Tuesday’s stage following claims that some could be using extra padding in their bras to seek an aerodynamic advantage.

Individual time trial – live updates from 13.34 BST/14.34 CET Threat of wildfires could force re-route of Mont Ventoux stage Email John | Sign up for The Recap GC before stage four 1 S Haugset Ytterhus (Nor) Uno-X Mobility 11h 17:56s 2 K Le Court (Fra) AG Insurance-Soudal Team +2m 02s 3 D Vollering (Ned) FDJ United-S

Teams have reportedly raised concerns over the use of padded bras at this year’s Tour

EXCLUSIVE Zoe Bäckstedt is aiming for time-trial glory at the Tour de France Femmes after 'being on a cloud' since her national title

Sigrid Haugset set off on a long solo run and kept going to the finish to win the third stage of the Women's Tour de France and claim the yellow jersey.

Haugset, of the Uno-X Mobility team, launched a gutsy solo attack less than halfway into the hilly 156.6km route between Geneva and Poligny, and held off Belgium's Lotte Kopecky.

Haugset, of the Uno-X Mobility team, launched a gutsy solo attack less than halfway into the hilly 156.6km route between Geneva and Poligny, and held off Belgium's Lotte Kopecky.

Norway's Sigrid Haugset wins stage three of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift following a 68km solo breakaway.

Haugset won the third stage after the longest successful solo breakaway in the race’s history.

GENEVA, Aug 3 : Sigrid Haugset sped to a solo victory to become the first Norwegian to win a stage at the Tour de France Femmes on Monday, and took the overall lead from Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes.Lotte Kopecky's bid to catch Haugset failed after a long battle as the Belgian finished one minute and 24 seconds behind the

Wiebes’s seventh Tour de France stage win was her first while wearing the yellow jersey