Refresh
2025-07-30T13:09:55.462Z
Counter attack
2025-07-30T13:07:41.657Z
Abandon
2025-07-30T13:06:54.565Z
The gap has been reduced further to just one minute between the peloton and the breakaway.
2025-07-30T13:04:41.175Z
Martin dragged back by the peloton again. They are only allowed a relatively small gap to the four leaders.
2025-07-30T13:03:30.544Z
Jackson and Soto have bridged to Dijkstra and Barale with a new chaser in the gap, Sara Martine (Movistar). She is 1’10” down on the leaders with the peloton 1’22” down.
2025-07-30T13:02:31.074Z
It was “a big relief to feel good” for Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) after her crash on stage three. All the uncertainty around whether she would be able to start yesterday or not will have been a lot for her to deal with.
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2025-07-30T12:59:35.768Z
100km to go
2025-07-30T12:54:28.188Z
The peloton has finally let a gap go over a minute to the breakaway. Barale and Dijkstra have 1’15” on the bunch with Jackson and Soto still 25″ down in the chase.
2025-07-30T12:53:18.932Z
Dijkstra has bridged to Barale as Jackson and Catalina Soto (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi) are trying to join them. They are 25″ from the leaders and 25″ from the peloton.
2025-07-30T12:49:58.733Z
Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels) trying to bridge to Barale. She is 20″ off the leader. The peloton are back up to 40″.
2025-07-30T12:49:06.544Z
Crash!
2025-07-30T12:48:30.431Z
The gap is starting to fall again as Barale has 30″ and the counter move has been dragged back.
2025-07-30T12:47:14.112Z
110km to go
2025-07-30T12:46:36.174Z
There are some big plans in place for Kim Le Court and her AG Insurance-Soudal team as they try to take the stage and reclaim yellow from Vos.
🗣️ “Aujourd’hui on va essayer de faire quelque chose de spécial, pourquoi pas reprendre le @MaillotjauneLCL.” 🇲🇺 @KimLeCourt #TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes l @GoZwift pic.twitter.com/NWVgmMOgBAJuly 30, 2025
2025-07-30T12:44:54.559Z
Barale extends her advantage to 24″. She may have timed this perfectly just as every team is going back to get bottles, gels, bars etc.
2025-07-30T12:43:32.207Z
Attack!
2025-07-30T12:42:45.511Z
Multiple riders are going back to the car for feeding as the race appears to have calmed down for the first time today.
2025-07-30T12:39:34.389Z
The average speed in the first hour has been a rapid 46.5kph.
After 1 hour of racing, 46km has been covered but no breakaway has formed yet. 🔛Après 1h de course 46km ont été parcourus et aucune échappée n’est encore formée. ⚡️#TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes l @GoZwift pic.twitter.com/InX26ZrcesJuly 30, 2025
2025-07-30T12:38:44.886Z
The race is about to head into the perfect terrain for double Giro d’Italia Women stage winner, Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) with her sitting 19th in GC at just 51″ from yellow.
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2025-07-30T12:35:25.982Z
And it is all back together yet again.
2025-07-30T12:34:43.213Z
More attacks as a group of four riders get a 13″ gap ahead of the Visma-Lease a Bike led peloton.
2025-07-30T12:34:06.343Z
The Visma-Lease a Bike plan sounds simple on paper…
🗣️ “The strategy is to go for victory with Marianne without losing time overall for me.” – 🇫🇷 @FERRANDPREVOT #TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes l @GoZwift pic.twitter.com/cwnp2fWYvfJuly 30, 2025
2025-07-30T12:32:51.479Z
Lorena Wiebes’ group is now back in the peloton again after a frantic chase.
2025-07-30T12:30:00.348Z
Puncture
2025-07-30T12:29:20.226Z
The small group of attackers have been brought back by the peloton but Wiebes’ group are yet to rejoin.
2025-07-30T12:27:30.881Z
The race split into four. Wiebes and co have, in fact, not made it back on and are 33″ off the back of the peloton. There is another group over two minutes down.
2025-07-30T12:26:42.442Z
Thankfully, everyone involved in the last crash are back riding again.
2025-07-30T12:25:39.762Z
Wiebes, with help from SD Worx-Protim teammate Blanka Vas, is back in the peloton again. A scary moment that the green jersey and second overall could’ve done without.
2025-07-30T12:23:27.262Z
The five riders attacking have been caught. There is a small group off the back of the peloton after the crash.
2025-07-30T12:22:33.324Z
Five riders clear of the peloton in all the carnage. Several riders went down in the crash.
2025-07-30T12:21:42.547Z
Crash!
2025-07-30T12:20:13.726Z
It has been a very difficult race so far for American national champion and Olympic road race champion, Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly).
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2025-07-30T12:18:06.525Z
Abandon
2025-07-30T12:16:44.961Z
The peloton is all back together. Including the riders involved in the earlier crash such as Linda Zanetti (Uno-X Mobility).
2025-07-30T12:15:09.921Z
Many riders have tried to form a break today including the likes of Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek), Susanne Andersen (Uno-X Mobility), Alice Maria Arzuffi (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi), Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels) and many others besides, but it is Jackson, Beekhuis and Molenaar who have got the gap for now.
2025-07-30T12:13:32.967Z
The three leaders are Alison Jackson (EF Education-Oatly), Laura Molenaar (VolkerWessels) and Teuntje Beekhuis (Uno-X Mobility) and they have a gap of 22″ on the peloton.
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2025-07-30T12:11:57.698Z
Cecchini is caught but new moves start up again immediately with Uno-X Mobility involved in a three rider group.
2025-07-30T12:09:11.356Z
The peloton are riding at very high speed and splits are starting to form under the pressure.
2025-07-30T12:06:01.393Z
Crash!
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2025-07-30T12:01:51.630Z
Around 100km until the intermediate sprint in Dun-le-Palestel.
2025-07-30T12:01:18.367Z
It is all back together again after various attempts to form the break almost stuck. Another fast start at the Tour.
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2025-07-30T11:58:07.764Z
150km to go
2025-07-30T11:57:14.621Z
The leading three have 20″ on the peloton with Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) 12″ down on the leaders.
2025-07-30T11:56:08.880Z
Saying that, the gap expands to 18″.
2025-07-30T11:55:43.916Z
The three riders have just 10″ on the peloton. This doesn’t appear to be sticking.
2025-07-30T11:49:27.718Z
Attack!
2025-07-30T11:45:02.821Z
160km to go
Attacks are continuing at the front of the peloton, but no group has yet formed. 💨Les attaques s’enchaînent en tête de peloton mais aucun groupe ne s’est encore créé. ⚔️#TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes l @GoZwift pic.twitter.com/CU1zMg7PwBJuly 30, 2025
2025-07-30T11:44:10.559Z
Attack!
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2025-07-30T11:43:14.740Z
143 riders start today’s stage.
2025-07-30T11:40:48.271Z
No moves coming early on with a long wait until the action points of the day and, indeed, television coverage.
2025-07-30T11:36:09.927Z
165.8km to go
2025-07-30T11:30:36.640Z
Crash!
2025-07-30T11:20:47.437Z
Neutral start
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2025-07-30T11:09:52.536Z
This morning sees Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) join Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) as the 10th and 11th riders to abandon the race.
We’re sad to report that @agula59 won’t start stage five of @LeTourFemmes avec @GoZwift due to illness. 💔She’ll be deeply missed but above all, we’re hoping that she recovers quickly. 🫶🏼#TDFF2025 #WatchTheFemmes⁰📸 @SaskiaDugon pic.twitter.com/w6soYpls86July 30, 2025
2025-07-30T11:08:26.185Z
Yesterday saw Ana Vitoria Magalhães (Movistar) take the first mountains points by a Brazilian rider in Tour de France history!
🤩 Breakout Brazilian 🇧🇷 @totamagalhaes relives her epic breakaway stage yesterday ⬇️ 🤩 La Brésilienne 🇧🇷 @totamagalhaes revient sur son échappée épique d’hier ⬇️#TDFF2025 | #WatchTheFemmes | @gozwift pic.twitter.com/d1DrHd2CfzJuly 30, 2025
2025-07-30T11:03:35.727Z
The riders are all getting ready for the stage with sign on almost complete.
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2025-07-30T11:01:15.800Z
The deciding factor will likely be on the final climb of Le Maupuy. It is 2.8km long with an average gradient of 5.4%. However, this tells just part of the story. The category 3 climb is also where the bonus sprint is placed.
2025-07-30T10:58:15.502Z
The main focus today is on what sort of stage it will be. Will it be a breakaway success with some GC snipes behind? Perhaps a GC rider will come out on top and claim yellow? Or will it be yet another day for the likes of Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) to go head-to-head again?
2025-07-30T10:56:42.967Z
The riders are due to set off for the neutral start in around 20 minutes from now.
2025-07-30T10:46:45.666Z
The race may be a slow burner today as there isn’t any sprint of any kind until 40km to go. That means 126km of flat or gently rolling terrain for the peloton to get very nervous on.
2025-07-30T10:44:56.666Z
Today’s stage is the longest of the race with the riders set to tackle 165.8km of racing between Chasseneuil du Poitou Futuroscope to Guéret.
2025-07-23T20:55:47.410Z
Bonjour and welcome to our live updates on stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.