Switzerland's Marlen Reusser takes the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes.

Reusser leapt to the top of the general classification standings, with previous leader Sigrid Haugset down into fourth place Switzerland's Marlen Reusser took the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon in the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes. The time trial world champion, 34, completed the course in 27 minutes and 30 seconds, ending the day with a 14-second lead over Demi Vollering after the Dutchwoman was third in the trial. Reusser beat Netherlands rider Lieke Nooijen's formidable target by four seconds, while 21-year-old Briton Zoe Backstedt, a junior world champion in this discipline, was 20 seconds behind the leader and finished fourth in the only time trial of her debut tour. Having started the day in yellow, Norway's Sigrid Haugset struggled after Monday's stunning solo breakaway and is now fourth overall after finishing three minutes behind Reusser. As riders withstood temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius in eastern France, defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot also struggled and the French native lost two minutes and 14 seconds to Reusser. Reusser, a favourite to win the time trial, admitted that she and her team had been eyeing up this fourth stage for a while. "I knew we were going to start in Switzerland on the Swiss national day, and we're going to have a time trial as the fourth day.