It was Lorena Wiebes once again.The Dutchwoman has won the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France Femmes with a dominant sprint on an uphill finish in Lausanne.On her return to grand tour racing, having been disqualified from the Giro d’Italia on the first stage, the Team SD Worx-Protime rider completed one of her most impressive wins, on a route that beckoned her competitors to beat her.With daylight left to the next finisher, Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) came in second, and FDJ United-Suez’s Demi Vollering rounded out the day’s podium.There was plenty of action on Swiss National Day in Lausanne, with unfortunate crashes and a daring breakaway, but the top teams’ desire for that first leader’s jersey was always going to win out.The Athletic breaks down the day’s events.Wiebes’ statement of intentIt is not often that you will see two general classification favourites put in such strong efforts in the final kilometres of a stage won by an out-and-out sprinter.But that was the opening day of the Tour de France Femmes.With the stage ending in a 2.5km climb of a 4.6 per cent average gradient, it opened the door for a punchier rider to beat Wiebes — the favourite in any flat sprint.Vollering’s attack in the final kilometre once again showed a burning desire to wear the leader’s yellow jersey. Meanwhile, last year’s winner Pauline Ferrand-Prevot also unexpectedly put an effort in as the group ratcheted up the acceleration to the line, reminding viewers early on of the battle to come.For Wiebes, it was a redemption, having been disqualified at the Giro after her bike was found to be too light. More than making up for lost wins, however, she once again showed her tenacity by making the uphill finish look flat and winning by a margin.With Sunday’s flat sprint stage to come, the green jersey already looks wrapped up.Wiebes celebrating as she crosses the finish line (Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images)A fierce breakawayNot many expected a breakaway to have the impact it did on Saturday.The group of four riders — Nikola Noskova (Cofidis), Idoia Eraso (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi), Maud Rijnbeek (Volkerwessels) and Oceane Mahe (Ma Petite Enterprise) — reached more than a four-minute gap early in the day and were only caught in the final six kilometres.With the peloton seemingly unsure of whether they wanted to reel them in or not, the group was blown apart by Noskova’s attack to seize all three Cote de Vulliens QOM points and go clear of her competitors with 40km left in the stage.