Lorena Wiebes wins opening stage of Women's Tour de France

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Lorena Wiebes won the opening stage of the Women’s Tour de France on Saturday.

The Dutch cyclist, who represents the SD Worx-Protime team, claimed the flat 137-kilometer (85-mile) ride that started and finished in the city of Lausanne and took the competitors past two lakes locked in the Swiss Alps.

Kim Le Court crossed the finish line second, ahead of Demi Vollering, who has won multiple races this year including the Giro d’Italia.

“I can’t believe it,” Wiebes said. “The SD Worx-Protime team worked super-hard. Demi attacked, I thought, ‘I need to follow’. It was a super-long sprint."

French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt, who won the race last year, finished eighth while Vuelta winner Paula Blasi was 12th.

This edition, the fifth of the Women’s Tour, will cover 1,175 kilometers (730 miles) over nine days.

Sunday's 149km stage goes from Aigle to Geneva before the route heads into France. It features a climb of Mont Ventoux in its toughest ascent on Friday before finishing in Nice on the French Riviera two days later.

Tadej Pogacar won his fifth men’s Tour de France title last weekend.

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Netherlands' Lorena Wiebes of team SD Worx Protime celebrates on the podium after winning the first stage of the Women's Tour de France cycling race (Tour de France Femmes), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Netherlands' Lorena Wiebes of team SD Worx Protime celebrates after taking the win in the first stage of the Women's Tour de France cycling race (Tour de France Femmes), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Netherlands' Lorena Wiebes of team SD Worx Protime celebrates on the podium after winning the first stage of the Women's Tour de France cycling race (Tour de France Femmes), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Netherlands' Lorena Wiebes of team SD Worx Protime celebrates on the podium after winning the first stage of the Women's Tour de France cycling race (Tour de France Femmes), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

A bomb detonated at ​a ​restaurant Saturday in ‌ central ⁠Moscow killing at least three people, including the bomber, Russian state media ​said, ​citing ​local officials.

At least 21 people were also injured when the explosive device detonated at the restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said, quoted by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.

An unidentified woman who attempted to carry the explosive device into the restaurant died in the blast as did a security guard and a patron, the news agency said.

Ria Novosti reported the woman attempted to smuggle the bomb into the establishment but the security guard refused to let her in before the bomb exploded.

The attack was still being investigated, the Moscow Investigative Committee told the news agency.

Paramedics gather near a deadly explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)

Police block an area near a deadly explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)

Police block an area near a deadly explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)

Emergency vehicles are parked in an area near a deadly explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)

Emergency vehicles are parked in an area near a deadly explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)

Emergency vehicles are parked in an area near a deadly explosion at a restaurant in Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow News Agency via AP)