Haugset wins stage 3 and takes Women’s Tour de France yellow

Haugset turns a long move into yellow

Norway’s Sigrid Haugset won the third stage of the Women’s Tour de France after launching a solo move with 85 kilometers still to race and holding it all the way to the finish.

The result also put her into the yellow jersey, making this more than a stage-win story. A move from that far out is always a high-risk play, but the stage profile made it tactically meaningful. With four categorized climbs on the route, the race offered enough terrain to split control, stress the chase, and reward a rider willing to commit early rather than wait for a more conventional final selection.

That is why the yellow jersey change matters. Haugset did not take the lead through a late acceleration or a small time gap at the line. She reshaped the stage from distance, forcing the race behind to respond over repeated climbing terrain. For the general classification, that kind of win creates a different problem: the new leader has already shown she can turn opportunity into sustained separation.

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