India, Aug. 3 -- Lorena Wiebes won the opening stage of the Women's Tour de France.

The Dutch cyclist, who represents the SD Worx-Protime team, claimed the flat 137-kilometer (85-mile) ride that started and finished in the city of Lausanne and took the competitors past two lakes locked in the Swiss Alps on Saturday.

Kim Le Court crossed the finish line second, ahead of Demi Vollering, who has won multiple races this year including the Giro d'Italia.

"I can't believe it," Wiebes said. "The SD Worx-Protime team worked super-hard. Demi attacked, I thought, I need to follow'. It was a super-long sprint."

French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, who won the race last year, finished eighth while Vuelta winner Paula Blasi was 12th.

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