Tour de France Femmes stage 6 LIVE – Star-studded break pulls out strong gap on bunch

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2025-07-31T14:51:33.483Z

Chabbey goes solo and has a gap of 10″ on the GC group.

2025-07-31T14:49:43.825Z

Onto the Col du Chansert, 6.3km long with an average gradient of 5.5%. A category two climb.

2025-07-31T14:49:01.440Z

Chabbey, Lippert and Paladin are just 10″ ahead of the group led by Kerbaol and Niewiadoma-Phinney with the peloton close behind.

2025-07-31T14:46:46.659Z
Attack in peloton

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

This is an extremely dangerous move by two of the very best descenders in the world.

2025-07-31T14:45:04.167Z

Chapman and Coston have been caught by the peloton.

2025-07-31T14:44:50.766Z

Paladin is pushing across the gap to join Chabbey and Lippert at the front of the race.

2025-07-31T14:43:46.041Z

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) comes to the front of the peloton to really test her opponents on the descent.

2025-07-31T14:42:30.798Z
Attack!

Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez)
Liane Lippert (Movistar)

They are pulling out the gap as Chapman and Coston are distanced by the chasing group.

2025-07-31T14:41:11.574Z

Just 24″ between the break and the peloton.

2025-07-31T14:40:55.649Z

Chabbey and Smulders kicked on after sprinting for the points but Chapman has closed them down again.

2025-07-31T14:40:17.579Z
QoM (Col du Béal)

1. Elise Chabbey (SUI) FDJ-Suez 10pts
2. Silke Smulders (NED) Liv-AlUla-Jayco 8pts
3. Brodie Chapman (AUS) UAE Team ADQ 6pts
4. Yara Kastelijn (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck 4pts
5. Liane Lippert (GER) Movistar 2pts
6. Morgane Coston (FRA) Roland-Le Devoluy 1pt

2025-07-31T14:37:14.679Z

Belgian national champion, Ghekiere, comes back to the front of the peloton to work for Le Court and Gigante. They are 28″ off the back of the break.

2025-07-31T14:36:02.087Z

Paladin makes it back into the break. Very impressive ride by her.

2025-07-31T14:35:24.921Z

Chapman has now taken over the pacing in the breakaway.

2025-07-31T14:34:29.491Z

Inside 2km from the top of the Col du Béal.

2025-07-31T14:32:47.456Z

Paladin has been dropped by the break now as well.

2025-07-31T14:31:46.629Z

Kraak also now caught. The gap dips under 30″ for the first time in a long time.

2025-07-31T14:30:33.471Z

Hanson has been caught by the peloton.

2025-07-31T14:29:51.408Z

Sixth place in the GC and former yellow jersey, Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) has lost touch with the peloton.

2025-07-31T14:29:18.121Z

However, the break led by Chabbey has dragged the gap out to 37″ again.

2025-07-31T14:28:49.921Z

It really looks as though AG Insurance-Soudal are setting up an attack by either Le Court of Gigante with Julie van de Velde setting an infernal pace in the peloton.

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2025-07-31T14:25:54.324Z

That move by Chabbey followed by Chapman dropped Hanson and Kraak with Paladin struggling to followw as well with 4km to the top of the climb.

2025-07-31T14:24:32.340Z

Chabbey is now upping the pace in the break and is testing the rest of her breakaway companions.

2025-07-31T14:23:34.960Z

Gerritse and Georgi caught by the peloton.

2025-07-31T14:22:09.898Z
50km to go

The peloton are now 30″ behind the break with Kraak giving her all to try and keep the break out front. However, Kraak and Chabbey could be up there as a stepping stone for Vollering.

2025-07-31T14:21:07.095Z

Gerritse, Georgi and Hanson are getting dropped from the breakaway with the latter fighting to stay in contact.

🇳🇱 Femke Gerritse is dropped from the breakaway group. 🇳🇱 Femke Gerritse est distancée du groupe de tête.#TDFF2025 | #WatchTheFemmes | @gozwift pic.twitter.com/q35V8RGu2cJuly 31, 2025

2025-07-31T14:18:45.321Z

The riders are 7km from the top of the Col du Béal with just 30″ gap between the break and peloton.

2025-07-31T14:17:07.089Z

The gap continues to reduce with just 35″ between the break and the bunch. More riders dropped from peloton including Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime).

2025-07-31T14:14:31.960Z

The pace has shot up in the peloton again and the gap up to the break is now just 42″. So many riders losing touch with the peloton.

2025-07-31T14:12:32.491Z

More riders getting dropped from the peloton including Wiebes, who has been dropped twice already.

2025-07-31T14:09:35.146Z

Fenix-Deceuninck rejoin AG Insurance-Soudal on the front of the peloton. It is an odd choice when they have Kastelijn in the break.

2025-07-31T14:06:24.109Z
Attack in break

Brodie Chapman (UAE Team ADQ)

She is trying to break the group up. She has stretched the group out but everyone can follow the Australian rider for now.

2025-07-31T14:05:02.505Z

The pace in the peloton has now dramatically changed with AG Insurance-Soudal absolutely hammering the pace on the front of the bunch. This has brought to gap down to 54″.

2025-07-31T14:02:57.812Z

Chabby is, by far, the best placed rider in the breakaway with just 1’19” of a gap from her to the yellow jersey of Le Court. This is one of the reasons why the peloton are not letting this go.

2025-07-31T13:59:14.819Z

AG Insurance-Soudal coming to the front has really helped the bunch close the gap as they are now 1’13” behind the break.

2025-07-31T13:57:23.023Z

Pace of the peloton has dropped as Wiebes is back in the bunch again after getting dropped. AG Insurance-Soudal join the other teams on the front to join in the chase.

2025-07-31T13:55:48.556Z
60km to go

The gap goes out to 1’30” between the breakaway and the peloton.

2025-07-31T13:51:08.143Z

Kraak is setting a very strong place in the break and has extended the advantage of the break to 1’25” over the peloton led by SD Worx-Protime, VolkerWessels and Fenix-Deceuninck.

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2025-07-31T13:49:08.457Z

Chapman gave her all in the break yesterday and won the most combative prize. She is now in the breakaway again and giving her all as she gets a carte blanche now her leaders are out of the race…

>>> ‘You gotta try’ – Breakaway caught but Brodie Chapman gets a moment in the spotlight on Tour de France Femmes debut

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2025-07-31T13:47:34.012Z

Multiple riders are losing touch with the peloton including the green jersey of Wiebes as they are now on the Col du Béal climb. The gap is hovering around a minute between the break and the bunch.

2025-07-31T13:44:37.337Z

The chasing group has been caught by the peloton with 12 riders leading by 55″ over the pack with 66km to go.

2025-07-31T13:43:48.852Z

The peloton have now started setting a strong pace with EF Education-Oatly, Cofidis and SD Worx-Protime leading the way. Now a gap of 57″ between the break and the peloton.

2025-07-31T13:42:55.268Z

The QoM fight seems to be becoming a three-woman fight as Chapman joins Chabbey and Smulders.

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2025-07-31T13:35:17.975Z
70km to go

The leading group of 12 riders have 37″ on the chasing group of four riders and a minute over the peloton.

It isn’t far now until the riders start the first category one climb of the race, the 10.2km long Col du Béal which has an average gradient of 5.6% with 10 points available for the winner of the QoM sprint.

2025-07-31T13:31:28.551Z
QoM (Côte d’Augerolles)

1. Brodie Chapman (AUS) UAE Team ADQ 3pts
2. Elise Chabbey (SUI) FDJ-Suez 2pts
3. Silke Smulders (NED) Liv-AlUla-Jayco 1pt

Chabbey adds another points to her gap over Smulders but Chapman is clearly showing her intent for the QoM classification.

2025-07-31T13:29:51.270Z

Several riders have been dropped out of the back of the peloton with over a minute and a half to the first group of 8 which includes Andersen after her crash.

2025-07-31T13:29:03.209Z
Abandon

Kristyna Burlova (Ceratizit)

Another rider to add to the ever expanding list of abandons.

2025-07-31T13:27:18.801Z

The leading group have 29″ over Williams, Zanetti, Bredewold and Norsgaard and 1’00” on the peloton. This looks like it could possibly go away and form the definite break of the day.

2025-07-31T13:26:12.253Z

Justine Ghekiere doing a lot of early work on the front of the peloton for AG Insurance-Soudal and the yellow jersey, Le Court.

2025-07-31T13:24:58.164Z

Williams, Norsgaard, Bredewold and Zanetti have also all been dropped by the leaders as the group continues to whittle down with 12 riders now clear of the rest.

2025-07-31T13:22:51.466Z

Molenaar and Eric are the next to lose touch with the leading group.

2025-07-31T13:21:17.563Z

Onto the final of the two category three climbs, the 2.6km long Côte d’Augerolles which has an average gradient of 5.6%.

2025-07-31T13:20:24.710Z
80km to go

The gap has settled at 45″ between the breakaway and the peloton as Paternoster has been dropped by the leaders and caught by the peloton.

2025-07-31T13:18:53.755Z
Crash!

Susanne Andersen (Uno-X Mobility)

She came down in the convoy. At this rate the Norwegian team will have no-one left after starting with just three riders this morning.

2025-07-31T13:18:04.195Z
QoM (Côte de Courpière)

1. Elise Chabbey (SUI) FDJ-Suez 3pts
2. Silke Smulders (NED) Liv-AlUla-Jayco 2pts
3. Brodie Chapman (AUS) UAE Team ADQ 1pt

Chabbey extends her gap over Smulders to 6 points.

2025-07-31T13:16:34.702Z

The peloton are now 45″ ahead of the peloton who have just caught Pluimers.

2025-07-31T13:14:25.801Z

Pluimers has been dropped from the breakaway. The peloton have not let this go as there is still 40″ between the two groups.

2025-07-31T13:12:35.331Z

Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto), Letizia Paternoster (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Usoa Ostolaza (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi) complete the list of riders in the break.

2025-07-31T13:10:52.579Z

SIlker Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) is also in the breakaway. She is Chabbey’s closest rival in the battle for polka dots with just 5 points splitting them going into today.

2025-07-31T13:09:27.561Z

Onto the first QoM of the day, the 1.7km long category 3 climb of the Côte de Courpière which has an average gradient of 6.8%.

2025-07-31T13:07:36.921Z

20 riders in the leading group with a gap of 40″ over the peloton. There are some really big names involved in the move listed in the intermediate sprint results below.

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2025-07-31T13:06:45.523Z
intermediate sprint (Sermentizon)

1. Elise Chabbey (SUI) FDJ-Suez 25pts
2. Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR) Picnic-PostNL 20pts
3. Liane Lippert (GER) Movistar 17pts
4. Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Lidl-Trek 15pts
5. Lily Williams (USA) Human Powered Health 13pts
6. Laura Molenaar (NED) VolkerWessels 11pts
7. Amber Kraak (NED) FDJ-Suez 10pts
8. Femke Gerritse (NED) SD Worx-Protime 9pts
9. Ilse Pluimers (NED) AG Insurance-Soudal 8pts
10. Jelena Eric (SRB) Movistar 7pts
11. Linda Zanetti (SUI) Uno-X Mobility 6pts
12. Morgane Coston (FRA) Roland-Le Devoluy 5pts
13. Emma Norsgaard (DEN) Lidl-Trek 4pts
14. Brodie Chapman (AUS) UAE Team ADQ 3pts
15. Mischa Bredewold (NED) SD Worx-Protime 2pts

2025-07-31T13:00:25.334Z

There is a new counter move behind the leaders as they roll through the intermediate sprint.

2025-07-31T12:56:36.250Z

Chase group caught as the peloton closes the gap to 12″ up to the group including Chabbey and Zanetti.

2025-07-31T12:56:00.967Z

There is another small group in the chase as well but the peloton are not far behind.

2025-07-31T12:55:28.441Z

The chasing group join Zanetti and it includes the polka dot jersey of Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) who appears to be going for the mountain classification.

2025-07-31T12:53:51.280Z

Just 5km to the intermediate sprint as another rider joins the counter move trying to join Zanetti out front.

2025-07-31T12:51:51.725Z

Four riders are now 15″ behind Zanetti with the peloton at 20″.

2025-07-31T12:51:00.394Z

The rider who has gone clear for Uno-X Mobility is Linda Zanetti. The sprinter could take some good points at the intermediate sprint as she extends her lead to 15″ over the peloton.

🏁 95KM🇨🇭Linda Zanetti went off the front with the @maillotapois 🇨🇭Elise Chabbey joining her shortly after. They currently have a 12 second gap to the peloton. 🇨🇭Linda Zanetti s’est échappée en tête avec la @maillotapois 🇨🇭Elise Chabbey qui l’a rejointe peu après. Elles ont… pic.twitter.com/i7CIGYamlJJuly 31, 2025

2025-07-31T12:49:49.791Z
100km to go

A rider from Uno-X Mobility tries to go solo from the peloton.

2025-07-31T12:47:47.529Z

Coston caught and it is all back together yet again.

2025-07-31T12:47:33.584Z

Coston’s gap back down to 5″ as it appears she will be caught before the intermediate sprint.

2025-07-31T12:44:45.869Z

Around 10km until the intermediate sprint in Sermentizon. Coston’s gap goes back up to 10″ again.

2025-07-31T12:43:08.927Z

The gap is coming back down again to the French rider as she, once again, has 10″ which then reduces to just 5″ in very short order.

2025-07-31T12:42:35.097Z

There was a brief counter attack by a Ceratizit rider but she was swiftly brought back. Coston now has a gap of 15″ over the peloton.

2025-07-31T12:40:09.336Z

Morgane Coston (Roland-Le Devoluy) is the rider who has pushed on solo out of the peloton and has a gap of 10″ over the bunch.

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2025-07-31T12:39:04.965Z

A new move comes and it is just one rider going clear. Maybe this one can stick.

2025-07-31T12:38:31.886Z

That group is brought back into the bunch once again. The fight for the early breakaway has been fierce with the peloton not keen to let anyone go up the road as of yet.

2025-07-31T12:36:51.863Z

Ten riders go clear of the peloton. Again, they only have a tiny gap on the chasing peloton.

2025-07-31T12:35:12.940Z

Wiebes and co have been dragged back and everything is together once again.

2025-07-31T12:33:55.638Z
Attack

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime)

She launches with two other riders and are joined by one more making a group of four just off the front of the peloton.

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2025-07-31T12:32:46.335Z

That group is brought back but multiple moves keep trying to get away including the green jersey of Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime). However, nothing is allowed to go clear as of yet.

2025-07-31T12:30:52.567Z

A new move of 5 riders get a small gap but the peloton are flying along in these early stages.

2025-07-31T12:28:13.865Z

All together once again. It is very cagey start to stage 6 as there is a lot to race for today with a likely change in the mountain standings as well as the GC fight and battle for the stage win.

2025-07-31T12:26:54.444Z

A small group have a gap of 10″ on the peloton.

2025-07-31T12:24:49.103Z

New attacks begin in the peloton led by Ceratizit.

2025-07-31T12:24:03.457Z

Just 133 riders start today after a huge number left yesterday, overnight and this morning with Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Uno-X Mobility) being the latest rider to leave.

2025-07-31T12:20:30.763Z
Attack!

Victoire Berteau (Cofidis)

The former French champion has attacked several times in this race and none of them have stuck. More moves coming but it is all back together for now.

2025-07-31T12:19:16.400Z
123.7km to go

The official start is given and racing begins for stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.

2025-07-31T12:18:05.136Z

Yesterday’s stage gave us a flavour of what to expect in the GC fight today and in the remaining days in the mountains…

>>> Tour de France Femmes GC analysis – Battle in the stage 5 hills gives us a taste of what’s to come in the high mountains

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2025-07-31T12:14:42.170Z

The official race start is expected in about 10 minutes but a few riders have ad mechanicals which could delay things.

2025-07-31T12:08:53.787Z

Huge crowds saw the riders roll out of Clermont-Ferrand today…

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2025-07-31T12:05:49.925Z

Unfortunately, Valentina Cavallar and Marjolein van ‘t Geloof of Arkea-B&B Hotels have had to leave the race with illness.

Malade, Valentina Cavallar ne prendra pas le départ de la sixième étape du Tour de France à Clermont-Ferrand.📷 Benoît Prato pic.twitter.com/w3O6v90eUmJuly 31, 2025

2025-07-31T12:00:58.849Z
Neutral start

The riders have started the 9.7km long neutralised zone for the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.

2025-07-31T11:57:40.123Z

Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) is still in the top 10 of GC (10th at 1’16”) but is unhappy with her performance and it motivated to gain time back on her rivals today…

🗣️ “I want revenge for the time we lost yesterday. The team and I are super-motivated.” @CedrineKerbaol 🇫🇷#TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/x1FJeeTj1QJuly 31, 2025

2025-07-31T11:56:27.449Z

Just 3 riders left for Uno-X Mobility after a very difficult day yesterday where they lost two riders after losing one on stage 4 as well.

Only 3 🇳🇴@UnoXteam riders left in the race. Leaving 🇳🇴@SusanneAnderse, 🇨🇭 Linda Zanetti and 🇳🇱 Teuntje Beekhuis to fight for their own goals. Good luck team and wishing those that have withdrawn speedy recoveries. Il ne reste plus que 3 coureuses d’🇳🇴@UnoXteam dans la course.… pic.twitter.com/SDEcv7fLMIJuly 31, 2025

2025-07-31T11:51:39.114Z

Just 10 minutes until the neutral start.

2025-07-31T11:50:09.251Z

At the very last moment of yesterday’s stage, Le Court lookd round as she eased up to celebrate and saw and rapidly closing Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez).

The Mauritian still celebrated before the line with Vollering throwing the bike. Le Court held on by about two thirds of a wheel but it was touch-and-go for the new race leader. Read her reaction below…

>>> ‘I’m glad for my sake that I didn’t embarrass myself’ – Kim Le Court-Pienaar celebrates early but hangs on for stage win and another stint in Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey

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2025-07-31T11:44:32.483Z

To take a more in-depth dive into today’s stage, take a look at our stage 6 preview for all the info you need…

>>> Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage 6 preview – The mountains of the Massif Central a major proving ground in the battle for yellow

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2025-07-31T11:41:12.611Z

With the stage being so short and a likely lively start to potentially form a breakaway, riders are on the rollers to warm up. Including the yellow jersey of Le Court. Also, with the temperatures up to 26°c in Clermont-Ferrand, the ice vests are out.

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2025-07-31T11:37:15.934Z

Riders are heading to sign on in Clermont-Ferrand. The city hosted the Grand Depart for the race two years ago with two stages starting there and one finish as well, so it will be very familiar to the riders.

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2025-07-31T11:33:55.551Z

Coming into today the jerseys are all very close on time and points. Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) has a 18″ lead over her closest rival Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike).

In white, Julie Bego (Cofidis) has just 22″ on her closest rival, Nieke Vinke (Picnic-PostNL). The green points jersey is led by 30 points by Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) ahead of Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) and the polka dot mountain jersey is led by just 5 points between Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) and Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco).

Even the team standings are close with FDJ-Suez leading AG Insurance-Soudal by 2’04”, which can disappear in a moment.

2025-07-31T11:22:39.270Z
GC after stage five

The general classification is looking wide open going into the first major mountain stage of the race. It really is anyone’s race.

1. Kim Le Court (MAU) AG Insurance-Soudal 15:07’14”
2. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike +18″
3. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez +23″
4. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto +24″
5. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime +27″
6. Marianne Vos (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike +37″
7. Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck +45″
8. Sarah Gigante (AUS) AG Insurance-Soudal +55″
9. Puck Pieterse (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck +1’04”
10. Cedrine Kerbaol (FRA) EF Education-Oatly +1’16”

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2025-07-31T11:15:23.218Z

Today’s stage starts in the city of Clermont-Ferrand and takes on four categorised climbs as well as an intermediate sprint and bonus sprint on the 123.7km long route to Ambert.

This is the first major day for the polka dot mountain jersey as there will be big points available with two category three climbs, one category two and one category one.

Much like yesterday’s stage there is a descent to the finish in Ambert after a climb that includes the bonus sprint of 6″, 4″ and 2″ bonus seconds.

2025-07-23T21:02:22.732Z

Bonjour and welcome to our live updates on stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.