Cycling great Marianne Vos won the opening stage of the women's Tour de France with a brilliant late attack. The 38-year-old Dutchwoman overtook her Visma-Lease a Bike teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot approaching the line, and then held off Mauritian rider Kim Le Court in the closing metres of a gruelling uphill finish.

Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos won the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes for her 258th career victory. She overtook Visma-Lease a Bike team-mate Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in the final metres of the 78.8km route, which began in Vannes and ended with a climb on the Cote de Cadoudal in Plumelec.

Dutch rider Marianne Vos claimed a jaw-dropping 258th career victory when she prevailed in the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes, a 78.8-km hilly ride from Vannes to Plumelec on Saturday.