Marlen Reusser (Movistar Team) claims victory in the 2026 Tour de Suisse Women. On the demanding queen stage around Villars-sur-Ollon, the Swiss rider not only defended her yellow jersey but also won the final stage. After 3:07:20 hours of racing, Reusser took the honours ahead of Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education Oatly) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon//SRAM Zondacrypto), celebrating her second back-to-back and third victory in total at the 2026 Tour de Suisse Women (2023 and 2025).
The situation heading into the final stage was tight. Reusser started the finale with a 10-second lead over Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) following her win in the time trial. The Italian champion took the bit between her teeth early on the lower slopes of the Col de la Croix, trying to push Reusser to her limit. The Swiss rider stayed alert, however, countering the attack and breaking away in the decisive phase together with Niewiadoma-Phinney, Megan Arens (Team Picnic PostNL) and Femke de Vries (Team Visma | Lease a Bike).
Longo Borghini dropped
With Reusser taking control at the front, Longo Borghini lost contact with the leading group. The battle for the overall victory began to swing decisively in the Swiss rider’s favour. Kerbaol later bridged back up to Reusser’s group putting herself in podium contention. On the summit of the Col de la Croix, a determined Reusser took the intermediate sprint for the Queen of the Mountains points, showing that she was up for more than simply defending the yellow jersey.
A fantastic final climb finale
Reusser and Niewiadoma-Phinney led the closing ascent to Villars-sur-Ollon. With a last-ditch attack they were joined by Kerbaol in the final kilometres, but Reusser kept her composure. With 800 metres to go Reusser took off, dropping her rivals ruthlessly. The stage win put the overall victory in no doubt.
Longo Borghini, lying second in General Classification at the start of the stage, dropped well back, ultimately missing out on a podium place. Instead Kerbaol took second overall with Niewiadoma-Phinney third. Switzerland’s Steffi Häberlin (Team SD Worx Protime) delivered a strong performance on the queen stage finishing in sixth place and subsequently sixth overall. Jasmin Liechti (Swiss Cycling) was eleventh, improving her final standing in GC to fifteenth.
