\ud83d\udc9b INTERESTING STAT \ud83d\udc9bThe gaps between the top 5 in the general classification have never been so close after 6 stages of the Tour de France Femmes. The top five are currently separated by 35″ between them, compared to 56″ last year, 55″ in 2023, and 1’05” in 2022.The Top\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/EFTiGXttkIAugust 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2025-08-01T13:26:58.069Z<\/p>\n Olympic and world time trial champion, Grace Brown is at the Tour working for Australian TV also with the Cycling Alliance. She is hoping to get the peloton more united as various issues around rider respect bubble up…<\/p>\n >>> ‘We can’t sit here and say all the problems are from outside’ \u2013 Cyclist Alliance’s Grace Brown spearheads unity campaign at a Tour de France Femmes where debate over rider respect is bubbling<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:23:37.102Z<\/p>\n The gap is now out at four minutes between the breakaway and the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:18:42.168Z The gap is still extending to 3’33” over the peloton as the pace behind seems to have dropped away.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:14:54.174Z 1. Fiona Mangan (IRE) Winspace-Orange-Seal 25pts INTERMEDIATE SPRINT – GROSL\u00c9E-SAINT-BENOIT \ud83d\udc9a1\ufe0f\u20e3 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddeaFiona Mangan – 25 pts 2\ufe0f\u20e3 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 @Aliciaglez3 – 20 pts3\ufe0f\u20e3 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Ruth Edwards – 17 pts#TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes l @wlcmagazine pic.twitter.com\/zZe3ZkwPhMAugust 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2025-08-01T13:11:28.456Z<\/p>\n The gap continues to grow to 3’20” between the break and the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:09:26.343Z<\/p>\n The break extend their advantage to 3’10” on the peloton.<\/p>\n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:06:48.744Z<\/p>\n 6km to the intermediate sprint for the break who now have a gap of 3’05” to the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:06:25.905Z Gladys Verhulst-Wild (AG Insurance-Soudal)<\/p>\n She quickly got assistance and is now back in the peloton again.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:04:36.892Z<\/p>\n Paladin abandoning leaves 131 riders left in the race.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:04:08.655Z Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)<\/p>\n The Italian has had to leave the race after crashing.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:03:17.431Z<\/p>\n Kopecky and Dygert are caught by the rest of the breakaway again. They have a gap of 2’45” over the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:02:25.484Z Lotte Kopecky and Chloe Dygert go clear of the rest of the breakaway.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:01:40.668Z<\/p>\n Dygert and Kopecky have upped the pace in the breakaway, which explains the time gain.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T13:01:14.120Z<\/p>\n The gap goes up again for the first time in a while to 2’50” as the break fight back against the pace being set by Visma-Lease a Bike.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:59:12.990Z<\/p>\n Just 10km to the intermediate sprint in Grosl\u00e9e-Saint-Benoit.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:58:17.452Z<\/p>\n Gap is still stable at 2’40”.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:52:53.834Z The race nears the intermediate sprint with the gap stabilised at 2’40”.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:51:09.633Z<\/p>\n Visma-Lease a Bike are keen to close this down with Fenix-Deceuninck and Liv-AlUla-Jayco as they have all missed the move. The gap is now at 2’40”.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:50:11.092Z<\/p>\n It was Visma-Lease a Bike that really upped the tempo in the peloton and split it into three. However, their pacing didn’t close in on the break too much and didn’t definitively split the peloton.<\/p>\n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:47:13.697Z<\/p>\n 20km to go until the intermediate sprint in Grosl\u00e9e-Saint-Benoit.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfc1109 kmThe leading group quickly opened up a substantial gap on the peloton and now have a lead of 2’45”. Le groupe de t\u00eate a vite cr\u00e9\u00e9 un \u00e9cart cons\u00e9quent avec le peloton, l’\u00e9chapp\u00e9e compte maintenant 2’45” d’avance. #TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes l @GoZwift pic.twitter.com\/nJ6CA5yCOeAugust 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2025-08-01T12:46:37.395Z<\/p>\n The peloton has stitched itself back together again after splitting.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:45:45.160Z<\/p>\n The temperature has gone up to 28.7\u00b0c.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:42:39.375Z The peloton are now 2’45” behind the breakaway with a group off the back of the bunch by about 30″.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:41:58.565Z Henrietta Christie (EF Education-Oatly)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:40:29.601Z<\/p>\n The first hour’s average speed was 47.1kph.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:38:23.388Z Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)<\/p>\n The Italian rider who was so strong yesterday has come down in a crash.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:36:12.998Z<\/p>\n Peloton split into three groups under the pressure of the pace change.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:35:24.203Z<\/p>\n The breakaway are flying along but the peloton have reduced the gap to 2’55”.<\/p>\n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:32:15.814Z The gap is now at 3’05” between the break and the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:31:47.899Z<\/p>\n Multiple teams are leading the peloton but they are mainly led by Liv-AlUla-Jayco who have missed the breakaway.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:28:25.051Z<\/p>\n The peloton has let the time gap stretch out to over three minutes.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:27:33.167Z<\/p>\n The break is made up of some incredible talents and riders who would be perfect as satellite riders when the climbs start. But will anyone use them as that? And will the gap get large enough for the break for that to be a possibility?<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:26:37.544Z<\/p>\n The peloton appear to be relatively happy with the breakaway as multiple riders are dropping back to the cars to get bottles and food.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:25:25.935Z<\/p>\n Eline Jansen of VolkerWessels is the best placed rider in the break going into today at 5’40”, 17th overall. She is followed by Justine Ghekiere of AG Insurance-Soudal at 7’44” with only Squiban being another rider inside 10 minutes.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:21:45.628Z<\/p>\n Breakaway:<\/p>\n Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) 2025-08-01T12:16:35.542Z The kilometres are being rattled through by the peloton as they fly along the flatter terrain on their way to the climbs.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:13:01.123Z<\/p>\n The average speed is starting to drop. It is now shown as being 43kph.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:09:03.628Z<\/p>\n The leading group is made up of 17 riders.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:07:32.286Z<\/p>\n This new breakaway’s gap has shot out to a minute in no time at all. This looks like it could be the break of the day.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:05:28.535Z<\/p>\n A large group of riders have a gap on the peloton. It quickly stretches to 18″ over the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T12:04:41.498Z Another 10km tick by and still no sign of a breakaway getting a sniff of a gap on the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:59:49.827Z<\/p>\n Brand and Squiban have been caught and the fight to form the break begins again.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:56:09.401Z<\/p>\n Brand and Squiban have a gap of 18″ over the chasing peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:55:23.098Z Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek)<\/p>\n It was a very frustrating day for Lidl-Trek yesterday with Niamh Fisher-Black losing over two minutes to her rivals thanks to a mechanical.<\/p>\n Brand has launched and has quickly joined Squiban at the front of the race.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:51:43.432Z Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ)<\/p>\n Yesterday’s stage winner is flying on cloud 9 after taking stage 6. Her max gap was 18″ but it is now back down to 8″. She is alone for the moment.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:49:38.041Z Almost 10km into the stage and no-one has managed any form of gap on the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:47:04.325Z<\/p>\n Still no sign of an early break. The peloton are riding at speed with the average being 47.9kph so far.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:42:56.792Z<\/p>\n No early break has managed to form just yet.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:39:46.308Z The flag is waves and racing begins for stage 7 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025. It has been confirmed that 132 riders started today with no DNSs this morning.<\/p>\n REAL START, @Roussemarion has just lowered the flag! \ud83d\udea9 DEPART R\u00c9EL, @Roussemarion vient d’abaisser son drapeau ! \u2705#TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes l @GoZwift pic.twitter.com\/4V4FHzPyiNAugust 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2025-08-01T11:38:41.593Z<\/p>\n It has been a real mixed bag of a race for UAE Team ADQ. They’re down to 4 riders but have a stage win and are looking very good with aggressive tactics…<\/p>\n >>> ‘We have nothing to lose’ \u2013 Down to four riders, aggressive racing saves UAE Team ADQ’s Tour de France Femmes <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:35:17.531Z<\/p>\n The official start is due to be given in 5 minutes.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:34:25.713Z The riders roll out of the start in Bourg-en-Bresse and set off for stage 7 in the neutralised zone.<\/p>\n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:25:20.604Z<\/p>\n Its a hot start to the day in Bourg-en-Bresse with 26\u00b0c at the start with the heat riding to almost 30\u00b0c in Chamb\u00e9ry for the finish.<\/p>\n \ud83e\uddca Ice vests are on. We’re in for a hot day in the Alps \ud83e\udd75La journ\u00e9e s’annonce chaude sur la route du Tour \ud83e\udd75#TDFF2025 | #WatchTheFemmes | @gozwift pic.twitter.com\/rzwHcbJYkqAugust 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2025-08-01T11:22:31.198Z<\/p>\n Will Kim Le Court or Sarah Gigante add another lion or other cuddly toy to the collection on the AG Insurance-Soudal team bus at the end of today?<\/p>\n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:15:07.906Z<\/p>\n Just 15 minutes until the neutral start.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:13:55.872Z<\/p>\n The GC changed slightly yesterday with Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) extending her lead and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) among a few others all moving up…<\/p>\n 1. Kim Le Court (MAU) AG Insurance-Soudal 18:29’05” 2025-08-01T11:03:16.548Z<\/p>\n The riders are due to roll out for the neutral start in roughly half an hour’s time.<\/p>\n 2025-08-01T11:02:49.496Z<\/p>\n Onto today, then. And it could be an integral day in the GC fight with plenty of attack points in the final 40 to 30 kilometres. Especially the last climb of the Col du Granier…<\/p>\n![\"Gold](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/htK65vJw2WSwALFVZBJKLT.jpg\")
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\n80km to go<\/p>\n
\nIntermediate sprint (Grosl\u00e9e-Saint-Benoit)<\/p>\n
2. Alicia Gonzalez (ESP) St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 20pts
3. Ruth Edwards (USA) Human Powered Health 17pts
4. Lotte Kopecky (BEL) SD Worx-Protime 15pts
5. Marie Le Net (FRA) FDJ-Suez 13pts
6. Eline Jansen (NED) VolkerWessels 11pts
7. Alice Maria Arzuffi (ITA) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 10pts
8. Celia Le Mouel (FRA) Ceratizit 9pts
9. Chloe Dygert (USA) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto 8pts
10. Mareille Meijering (NED) Movistar 7pts
11. Megan Jastrab (USA) Picnic-PostNL 6pts
12. Shirin van Anrooij (NED) Lidl-Trek 5pts
13. Lucinda Brand (NED) Lidl-Trek 4pts
14. Justine Ghekiere (BEL) AG Insurance-Soudal 3pts
15. Maeva Squiban (FRA) UAE Team ADQ 2pts<\/p>\n\n
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\nMechanical <\/p>\n
\nAbandon<\/p>\n
\nAttack<\/p>\n
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\nMechanical<\/p>\n
\nCrash!<\/p>\n![\"Breakaway](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3rizzcq6cmnWkwfDwApyCm.jpg\")
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\n120km to go<\/p>\n
Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)
Marie Le Net (FDJ-Suez)
Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ)
Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels)
Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal)
Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek)
Megan Jastrab (Picnic-PostNL)
Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health)
Celia Le Mouel (Ceratizit)
Mareille Meijering (Movistar)
Maud Rijnbeek (VolkerWessels)
Alice Maria Arzuffi (Labora Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi)
Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek)
Alicia Gonzalez (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93)
Fiona Mangan (Winspace-Orange-Seal)
Susanne Andersen (Uno-X Mobility)<\/p>\n
\n130km to go<\/p>\n
\n140km to go<\/p>\n
\nCounter attack<\/p>\n
\nAttack!<\/p>\n
\n150km to go<\/p>\n
\n159.7km to go<\/p>\n\n
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\nNeutral start<\/p>\n![\"Kim](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wGKv989qog4HJfNVnG9Ch4.jpg\")
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2. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike +26″
3. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto +30″
4. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez +31″
5. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime +35″
6. Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck +53″
7. Sarah Gigante (AUS) AG Insurance-Soudal +1’03”
8. Puck Pieterse (NED) Fenix-Deceuninck +1’12”
9. Cedrine Kerbaol (FRA) EF Education-Oatly +1’24”
10. Evita Muzic (FRA) FDJ-Suez S.T.<\/p>\n
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