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No time trial in 2027: Vollering's rivals must climb
The 2027 Tour de France Femmes runs nine days from Leeds to the Puy de Dôme, with an 18 km team time trial in London and no individual time trial. Cyclingnews says the Puy de Dôme finish, 11.3 km at an average of 7.8%, will decide the yellow jersey. That leaves a climbing contest, and Demi Vollering is Cyclingnews' early pick as overall favourite.
What this means
Niewiadoma-Phinney has left Canyon-SRAM after nine seasons and is now Lidl-Trek's main GC leader for the Tour de France, according to Cyclingnews.
Marlen Reusser gained 17 seconds on Demi Vollering in the 2026 time trial stage and was still contending for the win until a crash on the final stage. A route without an individual time trial removes that stage. On the climbs, the clearest challenger is Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, who won the 2026 queen stage to Mont Ventoux while Vollering won the overall after a close contest. Niewiadoma-Phinney signed for Lidl-Trek on a two-year contract to the end of 2028, leaving Canyon-SRAM after nine seasons. Cyclingnews positions Lidl-Trek as making her its main GC leader for the Tour de France. Her Lidl-Trek colours are still untested in a race.
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