Tour de France Femmes stage 9 LIVE – GC riders trade blows on Joux-Plane

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2025-08-03T15:34:54.196Z
QoM (Col de Joux-Plane)

1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 15pts
2. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez 12pts
3. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto 10pts
4. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Lidl-Trek 8pts
5. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike 6pts

2025-08-03T15:32:47.601Z

Labous and Gigante dropped by GC group on the descent.

2025-08-03T15:32:08.671Z

Niewiadoma-Phinney is really pushing the pace in the GC group now as Gigante is now losing touch again. Labous has been caught again.

2025-08-03T15:31:31.218Z
Attack

Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez)

The French rider sits in 10th overall but has a lot of time to pull back.

2025-08-03T15:30:41.505Z
Attack!

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)

She goes with Niewiadoma-Phinney, Ferrand-Prevot and Fisher-Black able too follow with Gigante gapped momentarily. However, the pace slackens. Wlodarczyk and Labous get back in again.

2025-08-03T15:28:39.498Z

Vollering is really pushing the pace in the GC group but no-one is being troubled by it just yet.

2025-08-03T15:27:06.697Z
Attack

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)

The Dutch rider goes but she can’t distance anyone aside from Labous and Wlodarczyk.

2025-08-03T15:26:24.588Z

Anna van der Breggen leads over the top of the Joux-Plane.

2025-08-03T15:26:04.465Z

Kerbaol and Rooijakkers’ group are now over three minutes behind the GC group.

2025-08-03T15:24:02.988Z

Labous is doing a brilliant ride on the front of the GC group. Just keeping the pace high and actually reducing the gap to Van der Breggen to 1’10” again.

2025-08-03T15:18:56.058Z

Kerbaol and Rooijakkers group are almost two minutes behind the GC group now.

2025-08-03T15:18:15.370Z
Attack

Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ)

She s quickly closed down as Labous is distanced again but she gets back in once again.

2025-08-03T15:15:54.931Z
60km to go

Van der Breggen has 1’21” on the GC group who have just been rejoined by Labous and Wlodarczyk who are doing a superb ride.

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2025-08-03T15:12:26.035Z

Gigante leads Ferrand-Prevot, Vollering, Niewiadoma-Phinney and Fisher-Black.

They are 1’28” down on Van der Breggen who is 4km from the top of the Joux-Plane.

2025-08-03T15:11:23.911Z

It was all about teamwork for Gigante yesterday to take 2nd on the stage and GC but today, after her team worked hard to get her back in after an early scare, she has been on her own.

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2025-08-03T15:09:54.892Z
Attack

Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)

She goes again to try and go clear before the decent and drops Labous and Wlodarczyk.

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2025-08-03T15:09:14.250Z

Van der Breggen is 5km from the top of the Joux-Plane. She has 1’56” on the GC group and 2’37” on the Kerbaol group.

2025-08-03T15:05:28.947Z

Excellent ride by Emilie Morier (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93) who is in the Kerbaol, Rooijakkers group just 40″ off the GC group.

2025-08-03T15:03:34.369Z

The group of Rooijakkers and Malcotti is joined by the group of Kerbaol, Muzic and Vinke who are 2’15” back from the leader and 34″ from the GC group.

2025-08-03T15:02:35.005Z

Brand is now working hard for Fisher-Black in the GC group.

2025-08-03T15:01:56.072Z
Abandon

Alba Teruel (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi)

2025-08-03T15:01:09.215Z

It is a magical moment for Pauline Ferrand-Prevot to be in yellow…

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2025-08-03T15:00:06.492Z

The pace drops off substantially and sees Brand get back on and immediately go on the attack. That prompts Labous to go to the front and close her down again.

2025-08-03T14:59:26.686Z

GC group are 1’09” behind

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)
Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinny (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)
Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek)
Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez)
Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ)

2025-08-03T14:57:22.505Z

Labous is now in difficulty at the back of the GC group.

2025-08-03T14:56:53.129Z
Attack

Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike)

That sees only 5 riders able to follow the top 2 in the race.

2025-08-03T14:55:45.501Z

Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) is ripping the GC group apart as Evita Muzic is distanced. She is closing into on Van der Breggen too.

2025-08-03T14:54:43.333Z

Nienke Vinke (Picnic-PostNL) has been dropped by the peloton. The white jersey has a comfortable lead of almost 9 minutes over Julie Bego (Cofidis).

2025-08-03T14:53:22.041Z

Squiban has been dropped from the peloton. Chabbey’s jersey is safe for now.

2025-08-03T14:51:53.485Z

AG Insurance-Soudal have closed the gap up to Van der Breggen to 1’30”.

2025-08-03T14:51:23.310Z

Just 8 points between Chabbey and Squiban in the QoM standings. Big points available at the top of the climb as well with 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point(s) available.

⚪️🔴 Provisional ranking after the Arâches-la-Frasse climb ⛰🥇 🇨🇭 Élise Chabbey, 44 pts🥈 🇫🇷 Maëva Squiban, 36 pts🥉 🇫🇷 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, 19 pts⚪️🔴 Only the two French women can take the polka dot jersey off of Élise Chabbey. #TDFF2025 | #WatchTheFemmes | @gozwift https://t.co/HULUGIQ6SoAugust 3, 2025

2025-08-03T14:48:57.169Z
Crash!

Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly)
Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Oatly)
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)

The latter didn’t properly go down and is already back in the peloton. Kerbaol is about 40″ off the back.

2025-08-03T14:47:03.914Z

AG Insurance-Soudal come to the front of the peloton.

2025-08-03T14:46:04.574Z

Some absolutely huge crowds at the base of the Joux-Plane greeting Van der Breggen.

2025-08-03T14:43:30.986Z
70km to go

Van der Breggen has just under two minutes on the peloton as they start the monster HC climb of the 11.6km Col de Joux-Plane which has an average of 8.5%.

2025-08-03T14:40:41.395Z
Intermediate sprint (Morillon)

1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 25pts
2. Lorena Wiebes (NED) SD Worx-Protime 20pts
3. Amber Kraak (NED) FDJ-Suez 17pts
4. Mischa Bredewold (NED) SD Worx-Protime 15pts
5. Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Lidl-Trek 13pts

2025-08-03T14:39:02.692Z

A large group joins the GC group including Wiebes who quickly moves to the front of the bunch and she takes the 20 points in 2nd place in the intermediate sprint. She timed catching the GC group perfectly.

2025-08-03T14:35:56.394Z

Van der Breggen wins the intermediate sprint in Morillon. Vollering could possibly move into third on the points standings if she takes 2nd but will she waste the energy?

2025-08-03T14:34:34.252Z

Gigante is in the GC group after the descent. Much better from her this time. Just 16 riders in the GC group who are 1’46” behind Van der Breggen at the front of the race.

2025-08-03T14:33:34.632Z
Attack

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)
Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly)

That is very quickly closed down and that sees Muzic and Bauernfeind go back to the front again.

2025-08-03T14:30:27.506Z

Bauernfeind is pushing on solo from the GC group to force FDJ-Suez to do more chasing while making it look like she was working.

2025-08-03T14:29:35.266Z

Bauernfeind leading the GC group down the descent and immediately there is a split as some riders get caught behind Gigante who is starting to struggle.

2025-08-03T14:27:23.214Z

Ricarda Bauernfeind (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) joins Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) on the front of the GC group who are 1’33” behind the lone leader, Van der Breggen.

2025-08-03T14:26:20.856Z

Vollering tried to help her teammate and QoM jersey Chabbey in the QoM sprint against Squiban but she was unable to outsprint the young French rider.

2025-08-03T14:24:11.816Z

Van der Breggen extends her lead over the GC group to 1’15” as Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek) rejoins the GC group.

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2025-08-03T14:20:52.531Z
QoM (Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse)

1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 10pts
2. Maeva Squiban (FRA) UAE Team ADQ 8pts
3. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez 6pts
4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike 4pts
5. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto 2pts

2025-08-03T14:18:37.109Z
90km to go

Maeva Squiban has managed to bridge to the GC group and has a massive opportunity to take major points in the QoM standings.

2025-08-03T14:16:46.692Z

Just 1km to the top of the Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse climb. 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point(s) available but no-one really involved in the competition are in the front of the race.

2025-08-03T14:14:44.948Z

Labous continues to lead the GC group and managing the lad that Van der Breggen gets but it is expanding to 40″.

2025-08-03T14:14:20.535Z

Van der Breggen has 31″ over the GC group. A group of the white jersey, Vinke, is 1’12” down and then the Chabbey, Wiebes group is 1’37” down. Several individual riders in the gaps between the groups.

2025-08-03T14:09:34.423Z
Attack

Guess who!

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)

She finally goes solo as Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) start to struggling in the GC group.

2025-08-03T14:08:16.121Z

Chabbey has been dropped by the leaders. Wiebes and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) also dropped. Just 17 riders at the front of the race.

2025-08-03T14:07:27.114Z

Visma-Lease a Bike and AG Insurance-Soudal did a great job to get Ferrand-Prevot and Gigante back into the peloton but their leaders are completely isolated in the GC group at the front of the race.

2025-08-03T14:06:28.642Z
Attack

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)
Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek)

The former world champion attacks for the umpteenth time today but it is being closed down by Labous leading th GC group as the peloton is now absolutely tiny.

2025-08-03T14:05:00.146Z
Attack

Mavi Garcia (Liv-AlUla-Jayco)
Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Oatly)

They are quickly dragged back. Several riders in the GC fight right up to the front of the peloton including Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) and Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek).

2025-08-03T14:03:31.333Z

Break is caught but Van der Breggen is shredding the peloton. Mavi Garcia (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) ups the pace further.

2025-08-03T14:02:53.307Z
Attack

Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco)
Liane Lippert (Movistar)
Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health)
Anna van der Breggen (Visma-Lease a Bke)

Multiple riders going out of the back of the peloton including several from FDJ-Suez and Visma-Lease a Bike.

2025-08-03T14:01:27.461Z

The temperature today is currently 24.7°c.

2025-08-03T13:58:51.564Z

Onto the 6.2km category 1 climb of the Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse goes the race with an average gradient of 7.1%. The first of three climbs that will decide the QoM jersey.

2025-08-03T13:57:16.439Z

Ferrand-Prevot and Gigante group make it back into the ploton again. Panic over for now for Visma-Lease a Bike and AG Insurance-Soudal.

2025-08-03T13:55:50.159Z
100km to go

AG Insurance-Soudal and Visma-Lease a Bike are working flat out to try and bring Ferrand-Prevot and Gigante back as FDJ-Suez and EF Education-Oatly work hard to stop them.

However, Justine Ghekiere and Kim Le Court of AG Insurance-Soudal are slowing the group and interfering with the pacing.

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2025-08-03T13:54:16.710Z

Breakaway caught by the peloton with the yellow jersey group now 22″ off the back.

2025-08-03T13:53:36.320Z

Gigante makes it back to the group that includes Ferrand-Prevot and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck). This is a nightmare start for these three riders. Visma-Lease a Bike desperately chasing as they are 25″ off the back of the main peloton.

2025-08-03T13:52:10.188Z

Polka dot jersey Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) and white jersey Nienke Vinke (Picnic-PostNL) are in the first split of the peloton along with Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal), Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez), Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto), Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) and many other GC riders.

2025-08-03T13:47:34.447Z

Multiple riders have a gap off the front of the peloton as well including Lorena Wiebes as SD Worx-Protime clearly have a very attacking plan today.

2025-08-03T13:46:39.344Z

There has been a split in the peloton with Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) being the biggest name caught out.

2025-08-03T13:44:07.474Z

Four riders now lead with three of them being SD Worx-Protime riders.

🏁 106kmThe breakaway / L’échappée : 🇧🇪 @LotteKopecky🇳🇱 @AnnavdBreggen🇳🇱 Femke Gerritse🇳🇱 @lucinda_brand #TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/5kBfp5B4mvAugust 3, 2025

2025-08-03T13:43:34.608Z

Multiple riders are struggling to follow on the fast descent down to the valley floor as Brand and Kopecky are close to catching Van der Breggen and Gerritse.

2025-08-03T13:41:33.557Z

Brand and Kopecky are 5″ off Van der Breggen and Gerritse with the peloton 25″ back with 111km to go.

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2025-08-03T13:39:18.691Z
Counter attack

Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek)
Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)

If they bridge the 14″ gap to the leaders, there will be three SD Worx-Protime riders in a four rider break.

2025-08-03T13:36:09.380Z

Van der Breggen and Gerritse have a gap of 14″ over the peloton.

2025-08-03T13:34:11.013Z
Attack!

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)
Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime)

Four other riders trying to join them then the chasing peloton.

2025-08-03T13:32:10.234Z

The counter was too big and it has killed off the break with the peloton coming back together again.

2025-08-03T13:31:41.429Z
Counter attack

Marie Le Net (FDJ-Suez)
Julie Bego (Cofidis)
Barbara Malcotti (Human Powered Health)

They bridge to Wiebes as multiple other riders are trying ti bridge including the ever active Franziska Koch (Picnic-PostNL) who has just jumped across the gap.

2025-08-03T13:30:01.276Z
Counter attack

Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Henrietta Christie (EF Educaton-Oatly), Millie Couzens (Fenix-Deceuninck) and several others try a counter move to join Wiebes but they are caught.

2025-08-03T13:29:06.981Z

Wiebes has 8″ on the peloton as she tries to get to the intermediate sprint and confirm her green jersey win. She is about 50km away from it.

2025-08-03T13:26:33.721Z
124.1km to go

The riders start the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 with an attack coming immediately by Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime).

2025-08-03T13:22:48.884Z
Puncture

Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime)

This may delay the start of the stage with 1km of neutral to go.

2025-08-03T13:21:24.793Z
Neutral start

The riders have started the neutralised zone of 2km with a huge day for French cycling ahead. Winning the last three stages with Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) and Ferrand-Prévot as well as four riders in the top 10 of GC.

2025-08-03T13:19:58.867Z

Gigantic crowds welcomed Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) as she heads into the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.

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2025-08-03T13:14:57.901Z

At least two non-starters today. Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) has to leave the race despite making the time cut yesterday by just 11″.

Brodie Chapman (UAE Team ADQ) is the other rider to leave the race. Her team only has 3 riders left. And, with Susanne Andersen (Uno-X Mobility) missing the time cut yesterday that sees her team down to just two riders and out of the team classification.

The team is down to four riders today, with @chloedygert30 not taking the start of the final #TDFF2025 stage.⁰A huge thanks to Chloé for her monster pulls and selfless work all week. 🦵🙌🏼⁰📸 @ThomasMaheux pic.twitter.com/ozK8pZqEotAugust 3, 2025

2025-08-03T13:10:05.083Z

It is the final day at the Tour de France Femmes 2025 and the race isn’t over yet. Take a look at our stage preview…

>>> Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage 9 preview – Last chance to make an impact on the general classification

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2025-08-03T13:07:45.253Z

Take a look back at the amazing GC fight on yesterday’s ‘Queen Stage’ up to the Col de la Madeleine…

>>> Tour de France Femmes stage 8 GC analysis – Col de la Madeleine queen stage reveals the queen of the Tour

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2025-08-03T13:02:57.400Z

Here’s a look at the profile of today’s stage, taking the riders from Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel with a finish on the uncategorised climb to the ski resort at Pré la Joux.

The main difficulty of the day will be the hors catégorie Col de Joux Plane (11.6km at 8.5%), along with other challenging ascents in the category one climbs of the Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse (6.2km at 7.1%) and the Col du Corbier (5.9km at 8.5%).

With depleted energy reserves among many squads in the peloton, few teams will look to control the stage, which could present the perfect opportunity for a large breakaway to go up the road and take the victory.

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2025-07-23T21:18:11.963Z

Bonjour and welcome to our live updates of the ninth and final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.