Overview
- On Monday, Sigrid Haugset of Uno‑X rode away from an 11‑rider move with about 85–88 km to go and held off chasers to win stage three into Poligny and take the yellow jersey.
- Haugset is the first Norwegian to win a Tour de France Femmes stage and the first Norwegian to wear the race leader’s yellow jersey.
- Lorena Wiebes had won the opening two stages and set a race record of seven stage wins, but she was dropped on the stage‑three climbs, finished more than 20 minutes back and lost contention for the overall lead.
- Lotte Kopecky finished second on the day, 1 minute 24 seconds behind Haugset, while Haugset leads the general classification by 2 minutes 2 seconds over Kimberley Le Court with Demi Vollering a further four seconds back.
- A multi‑rider crash on the early Col de la Faucille involved riders including Magdeleine Vallières and Demi Vollering with few details on injuries, and the race now turns to a 21 km time trial (Gevrey‑Chambertin to Dijon) and a Mont Ventoux summit finish that are likely to decide the final overall standings.