Lorena Wiebes made it two from two at the 2026 Tour de France Femmes, winning stage 2 in a sprint on Geneva's lakeside Quai du Mont-Blanc on 2 August. The Dutch rider, racing for SD Worx-Protime, covered the 147.9-kilometre flat stage from Aigle in 3 hours 42 minutes and 8 seconds, edging Elisa Balsamo of Lidl-Trek into second place. Tour de France Femmes

The victory, coming a day after Wiebes won stage 1 in Lausanne, gives her the overall race lead — the GC, or general classification — by 14 seconds over Kim Le Court and 16 seconds over Demi Vollering. The Guardian

A cluster of contenders sits 20 seconds back: Noemi Ruegg, Elisa Longo Borghini, Cedrine Kerbaol, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Puck Pieterse, Pauline Ferrand Prevot and Marlen Reusser all trail by that margin. Tour de France Femmes

The stage belonged for a long time to Riejanne Markus. The Lidl-Trek rider rode solo off the front — a lone breakaway — and led by more than half a minute on the flat run into Geneva. She held that gap into the final 5 kilometres, and it was only inside the last 500 metres that the peloton, the main pack of riders, reeled her in. Markus took the combativity prize for her effort. The Guardian

Wiebes's sprint record borders on the absurd. She has now contested 43 sprints in her career and won 42 of them. Cyclingnews

Behind the racing, a dispute from May's Giro d'Italia still casts a shadow. Wiebes was disqualified from the women's Giro after winning the opening stage, when her bike was ruled underweight and she was stripped of the leader's pink jersey. SD Worx-Protime have threatened legal action against the UCI — cycling's world governing body — arguing the weighing was conducted in gusting wind and produced a flawed result. The Guardian

Team manager Erwin Janssen took no chances in Aigle before stage 2. He filmed the pre-stage weigh-in himself to ensure there was no repeat of the Giro controversy, and confirmed Wiebes's bike came in within the rules at around seven kilograms. Janssen said neither he nor his staff had signed paperwork at the Giro weigh-in. The Guardian

The legal front grinds on. Janssen said the team's lawyers were exchanging questions with the other side about the Giro procedure, had received answers they considered too vague, and expected further developments in the coming months. He insisted Wiebes was unfairly expelled, suffered financial and reputational losses, and could have won three or four Giro stages. The team is also exploring whether it can be compensated for missed sponsorship bonuses tied to specific results. The dispute, Janssen said, will ultimately be settled through a court case or arbitration. The Guardian

UCI president David Lappartient was defiant when asked about Wiebes's threat of legal action. The Guardian

In the other classifications after stage 2: Wiebes leads the points standings with 111 points, though the green jersey is worn by Balsamo. P. Blasi Cairol of UAE Team L'IMAD leads the best young rider classification. UAE Team L'IMAD also tops the team standings. Tour de France Femmes

The race, a nine-day event, continues with Wiebes in yellow and looking close to unstoppable in the sprints. Seven stages remain.