The opening stage of the revised competition started at the Eiffel Tower and finished after 81.7 kilometres on the Champs-Elysées. Seven kilometres before the finish line, Christine Majerus and Alana Castrique, both riding in the peloton at the time, suffered a fall.
Majerus managed to get back on her bike, but crossed the finish line as 136th with a delay of three minutes and fifteen seconds.
Lorena Wiebes got the better of fellow Dutchwoman Marianne Vos in a “chaotic and long sprint” to win the first stage of the now eight-stage race. Lotte Kopecky from Belgium came third.
1st place: WIEBES Lorena 1:54:00
2nd place: VOS Marianne ,,
3rd place: KOPECKY Lotte ,,
4th place: BARBIERI Rachele ,,
5th place: NORSGAARD Emma ,,
6th place: VAN DER DUIN Maike ,,
7th place: BALSAMO Elisa ,,
8th place: BOILARD Simone ,,
9th place: DRONOVA-BALABOLINA Tamara ,,
10th place: GUAZZINI Vittoria ,,
136th place: MAJERUS Christine 3:15
