GC and jerseys after Tour de France Femmes 2026 Stage 7

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney is the new yellow jersey of the Tour de France Femmes after transforming the general classification with a huge solo victory on Mont Ventoux.

Niewiadoma-Phinney began Stage 7 third overall at 1:17 behind Marlen Reusser, but attacked with just over nine kilometres remaining and won by 1:16 from Demi Vollering. Elisa Longo Borghini finished third at 1:42, while Reusser crossed the line fourth at 1:46.

The complete story of the decisive climb is covered in our Tour de France Femmes Stage 7 race report.

The result leaves Niewiadoma-Phinney 15 seconds ahead of Vollering and 39 seconds ahead of Reusser with two stages remaining. Longo Borghini is fourth at 2:59, while Antonia Niedermaier continues to lead the white jersey competition.

Lorena Wiebes remains comfortably in green, Puck Pieterse strengthened an already commanding polka-dot jersey lead and UAE Team L’IMAD continue to control the team classification.

General classification after Stage 7

Position	Rider	Team	Gap
1	Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney	Canyon SRAM	Leader
2	Demi Vollering	FDJ United-Suez	+0:15
3	Marlen Reusser	Movistar	+0:39
4	Elisa Longo Borghini	UAE Team L’IMAD	+2:59
5	Antonia Niedermaier	Canyon SRAM	+3:21
6	Cédrine Kerbaol	EF Education-Oatly	+4:01
7	Paula Blasi	UAE Team L’IMAD	+4:32
8	Dominika Włodarczyk	UAE Team L’IMAD	+5:13
9	Isabella Holmgren	Lidl-Trek	+6:09
10	Kim Le Court-Pienaar	AG Insurance-Soudal	+6:17

Niewiadoma-Phinney gained two places and took yellow for the first time in this year’s race. Vollering remains second, while Reusser falls from first to third after the tactical stalemate between the pair allowed Niewiadoma-Phinney to build her decisive advantage.

The biggest change is the scale of the separation behind them.

Longo Borghini is now almost three minutes from yellow despite finishing third on Ventoux, while Niedermaier is another 22 seconds further back.

That leaves the overall victory concentrated around Niewiadoma-Phinney, Vollering and Reusser heading towards Nice.

Niewiadoma-Phinney turns 1:17 down into 15 seconds up

The arithmetic of Niewiadoma-Phinney’s Ventoux ride is extraordinary.

She started the stage 1:17 behind Reusser and 1:05 behind Vollering.

She finished it 15 seconds ahead of Vollering and 39 seconds ahead of Reusser.

That represents an 80-second swing against Vollering and a 1:56 swing against the rider who started the day in yellow.

The ten-second stage winner’s bonus helped, but the transformation was overwhelmingly created on the road.

Niewiadoma-Phinney attacked with 9.1 kilometres remaining and committed completely while Vollering and Reusser marked one another behind. Vollering eventually broke clear in the final kilometre, but by then Niewiadoma-Phinney had done enough to take yellow.

The question now is whether 15 seconds can survive the final weekend, something examined in detail in can Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney win the Tour de France Femmes 2026?.

Vollering limits the damage but now has to attack

Vollering’s final kilometre may prove extremely important.

For much of Ventoux, her hesitation with Reusser allowed Niewiadoma-Phinney’s advantage to grow towards two minutes.

Once Vollering finally committed, she immediately separated Reusser and began taking time back from the rider ahead.

She finished 1:16 behind Niewiadoma-Phinney and received the six-second bonus for second place. That was enough to keep her overall deficit to only 15 seconds.

Without that late acceleration, the Tour could already look very different.

Instead, Vollering remains close enough that one attack on Sunday’s final stage could overturn the race.

The tactical question hanging over the result is explored in why Demi Vollering waited so long to attack on Mont Ventoux.

The responsibility has now changed.

Before Ventoux, Reusser had yellow and Vollering could concentrate on taking it from her.

Now Niewiadoma-Phinney has the advantage and Vollering needs to find those 15 seconds.

Reusser loses yellow but remains in the Tour

Reusser’s Ventoux defeat was more damaging.

She began the day 12 seconds ahead of Vollering and 1:17 ahead of Niewiadoma-Phinney.

She leaves the mountain 24 seconds behind Vollering and 39 behind yellow.

The critical difference came late.

Reusser and Vollering spent much of the climb marking one another rather than producing a sustained chase behind Niewiadoma-Phinney. When Vollering finally attacked inside the final kilometre, Reusser could not follow.

That cost around half a minute in a very short distance.

Reusser is nevertheless still close enough to matter.

Sunday’s final stage is not another Mont Ventoux. The repeated climbs, descents and flatter sections around Nice could suit her sustained power better than one uninterrupted ascent.

She now needs the final weekend to become unpredictable.

Longo Borghini moves closer to the podium but away from yellow

Longo Borghini produced one of the strongest rides of Stage 7, finishing third on Mont Ventoux at 1:42.

That moves her to fourth overall.

The Italian is now 2:59 behind Niewiadoma-Phinney, which makes an overall Tour victory extremely unlikely without something extraordinary happening over the weekend.

The podium remains more realistic.

Reusser is 2:20 ahead in third.

That is still a substantial gap, but Longo Borghini has repeatedly shown a willingness to attack rather than protect fourth place.

Her strengths across difficult stage races and the role she can play for UAE Team L’IMAD are covered in our Elisa Longo Borghini Tour de France Femmes 2026 profile.

Niedermaier strengthens her hold on white

The white jersey competition changed significantly on Ventoux.

Niedermaier finished sixth on the stage and strengthened her position as the leading young rider.

Position	Rider	Team	Gap
1	Antonia Niedermaier	Canyon SRAM	Leader
2	Paula Blasi	UAE Team L’IMAD	+1:11
3	Isabella Holmgren	Lidl-Trek	+2:48
4	Nienke Vinke	SD Worx-Protime	+10:38
5	Célia Gery	FDJ United-Suez	+21:05

Blasi is now Niedermaier’s closest challenger after another strong mountain performance.

Holmgren had started Stage 7 only 25 seconds from white but lost considerably more time on Ventoux and drops to third at 2:48.

That gives Canyon SRAM control of two individual jerseys.

Niewiadoma-Phinney has yellow.

Niedermaier has white.

It also gives the team an important tactical asset because Niedermaier remains fifth overall at 3:21 and can be used aggressively if FDJ United-Suez begin attacking Niewiadoma-Phinney over the final weekend.

The rules and age criteria behind the competition are explained in our Tour de France Femmes white jersey guide.

Green jersey: Wiebes remains firmly in control

Position	Rider	Points
1	Lorena Wiebes	147
2	Kim Le Court-Pienaar	89
3	Lotte Kopecky	85
4	Noemi Rüegg	84
5	Demi Vollering	82
6	Cédrine Kerbaol	69
7	Marlen Reusser	67
8	Puck Pieterse	62
9	Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney	57
10	Elisa Longo Borghini	57

Wiebes lost no meaningful ground on a day where simply surviving Mont Ventoux was the main objective for the sprinters.

She leads Le Court-Pienaar by 58 points with two stages remaining.

Stage 8 is particularly important because the finish in Nice offers 50 points and should suit Wiebes much better than anything seen on Friday.

Le Court-Pienaar has moved into second after her Stage 6 victory and subsequent scoring, while Kopecky and Rüegg remain close behind.

For Wiebes, the equation is favourable.

She has survived the hardest mountain stage and now reaches the best remaining opportunity for another large points haul. Her route towards green and the limited sprint opportunities in this year’s race are covered in Lorena Wiebes at the Tour de France Femmes 2026.

Polka-dot jersey: Pieterse strengthens her position again

Position	Rider	Points
1	Puck Pieterse	55
2	Nikola Nosková	21
3	Demi Vollering	19
4	Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney	18
5	Elisa Longo Borghini	12
6	Sara Casasola	12
7	Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset	11
8	Marlen Reusser	10
9	Maëva Squiban	9
10	Océane Mahé	8

Pieterse’s decision to target the mountains classification throughout the opening week has left her with a huge advantage.

She collected maximum points on both the Col de la Grande Limite and Col du Colombier during Stage 7, taking her total to 55.

Nosková remains second on 21, while the major GC riders have begun appearing behind after scoring on the larger summit finishes.

Vollering moved to 19 points through her second place on Ventoux and Niewiadoma-Phinney to 18 with the stage victory.

Neither is currently close enough to make Pieterse’s position particularly uncomfortable.

There are still mountains points available over the final weekend, particularly on Sunday’s repeated Col d’Èze climbs, but Pieterse has built enough of a buffer to be firmly in control.

The complete scoring system is explained in our Tour de France Femmes polka-dot jersey guide.

UAE Team L’IMAD control the team classification

UAE Team L’IMAD strengthened their position again on Mont Ventoux.

Longo Borghini finished third, Blasi fifth and Włodarczyk also remained inside the overall top 10.

That gives UAE three riders among the first eight on general classification:

• Elisa Longo Borghini: 4th at +2:59
• Paula Blasi: 7th at +4:32
• Dominika Włodarczyk: 8th at +5:13

Their depth has become one of the clearest features of the second half of the Tour.

Longo Borghini remains the obvious podium threat, Blasi is now second in the white jersey competition and Włodarczyk provides another rider capable of surviving deep into difficult stages.

Jersey holders after Stage 7

• Yellow jersey: Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, Canyon SRAM
• Green jersey: Lorena Wiebes, SD Worx-Protime
• Polka-dot jersey: Puck Pieterse, Fenix-Premier Tech
• White jersey: Antonia Niedermaier, Canyon SRAM
• Team classification: UAE Team L’IMAD

Ventoux delivered the classification upheaval expected from the queen stage, but it did not decide the Tour.

Niewiadoma-Phinney has taken yellow through the biggest attack of the race.

Vollering is only 15 seconds away.

Reusser remains within 39.

Stage 8 now offers a very different challenge on the 171.9km run from Sisteron to Nice before Sunday’s final GC battle.

The Tour leaves Mont Ventoux with a new leader, but the fight for yellow is now measured in seconds rather than minutes.