{"id":314889,"date":"2025-08-03T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314889\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T15:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:36:28","slug":"tour-de-france-femmes-stage-9-live-gc-riders-trade-blows-on-joux-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314889\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France Femmes stage 9 LIVE &#8211; GC riders trade blows on Joux-Plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Refresh <\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:34:54.196Z<br \/>\nQoM (Col de Joux-Plane)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 15pts<br \/>2. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez 12pts<br \/>3. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto 10pts<br \/>4. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Lidl-Trek 8pts<br \/>5. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike 6pts<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:32:47.601Z<\/p>\n<p>Labous and Gigante dropped by GC group on the descent.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:32:08.671Z<\/p>\n<p>Niewiadoma-Phinney is really pushing the pace in the GC group now as Gigante is now losing touch again. Labous has been caught again.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:31:31.218Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The French rider sits in 10th overall but has a lot of time to pull back.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:30:41.505Z<br \/>\nAttack!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:28:39.498Z<\/p>\n<p>Vollering is really pushing the pace in the GC group but no-one is being troubled by it just yet.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:27:06.697Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Dutch rider goes but she can&#8217;t distance anyone aside from Labous and Wlodarczyk.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:26:24.588Z<\/p>\n<p>Anna van der Breggen leads over the top of the Joux-Plane.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:26:04.465Z<\/p>\n<p>Kerbaol and Rooijakkers&#8217; group are now over three minutes behind the GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:24:02.988Z<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;10&#8221; again.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:18:56.058Z<\/p>\n<p>Kerbaol and Rooijakkers group are almost two minutes behind the GC group now.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:18:15.370Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">She s quickly closed down as Labous is distanced again but she gets back in once again.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:15:54.931Z<br \/>\n60km to go<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Van der Breggen has 1&#8217;21&#8221; on the GC group who have just been rejoined by Labous and Wlodarczyk who are doing a superb ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.66%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5zjBCajrUkj3kwL55BvLaX.jpg\" alt=\"GC riders stage 9 Tour de France Femmes 2025.\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5zjBCajrUkj3kwL55BvLaX.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5zjBCajrUkj3kwL55BvLaX.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:12:26.035Z<\/p>\n<p>Gigante leads Ferrand-Prevot, Vollering, Niewiadoma-Phinney and Fisher-Black.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">They are 1&#8217;28&#8221; down on Van der Breggen who is 4km from the top of the Joux-Plane.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:11:23.911Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;&gt;&gt; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/news\/teamwork-a-yellow-clad-sacrifice-and-mean-messages-sarah-gigantes-rocket-fuelled-path-from-recovery-to-the-tour-de-france-femmes-podium\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/news\/teamwork-a-yellow-clad-sacrifice-and-mean-messages-sarah-gigantes-rocket-fuelled-path-from-recovery-to-the-tour-de-france-femmes-podium\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Teamwork, a yellow-clad sacrifice and mean messages \u2013 Sarah Gigante&#8217;s rocket-fuelled path from recovery to the Tour de France Femmes podium<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.41%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AL49US6MVbgdc5u8sxPqiW.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Gigante makes the first attack on the Col de la Madeliene on stage 8 at the Tour de France Femmes\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AL49US6MVbgdc5u8sxPqiW.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AL49US6MVbgdc5u8sxPqiW.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:09:54.892Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">She goes again to try and go clear before the decent and drops Labous and Wlodarczyk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.68%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HZBtgU4jLM9DvvMFqTFMRT.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Gigante attacks on stage 9 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HZBtgU4jLM9DvvMFqTFMRT.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HZBtgU4jLM9DvvMFqTFMRT.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:09:14.250Z<\/p>\n<p>Van der Breggen is 5km from the top of the Joux-Plane. She has 1&#8217;56&#8221; on the GC group and 2&#8217;37&#8221; on the Kerbaol group.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:05:28.947Z<\/p>\n<p>Excellent ride by Emilie Morier (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93) who is in the Kerbaol, Rooijakkers group just 40&#8243; off the GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:03:34.369Z<\/p>\n<p>The group of Rooijakkers and Malcotti is joined by the group of Kerbaol, Muzic and Vinke who are 2&#8217;15&#8221; back from the leader and 34&#8243; from the GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:02:35.005Z<\/p>\n<p>Brand is now working hard for Fisher-Black in the GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:01:56.072Z<br \/>\nAbandon<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Alba Teruel (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:01:09.215Z<\/p>\n<p>It is a magical moment for Pauline Ferrand-Prevot to be in yellow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;&gt;&gt; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/news\/its-a-little-girls-dream-thats-coming-true-pauline-ferrand-prevot-closes-in-on-first-french-tour-win-in-40-years-with-dominant-tour-de-france-femmes-triumph-atop-madeleine\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/news\/its-a-little-girls-dream-thats-coming-true-pauline-ferrand-prevot-closes-in-on-first-french-tour-win-in-40-years-with-dominant-tour-de-france-femmes-triumph-atop-madeleine\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8216;It&#8217;s a little girl&#8217;s dream come true&#8217; \u2013 Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot closes in on first French Tour win since the 1980s with dominant Tour de France Femmes triumph atop Madeleine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:77.83%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FbjuE5a4dirW6jaUodtvcj.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot on the podium wearing the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes 2025\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FbjuE5a4dirW6jaUodtvcj.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FbjuE5a4dirW6jaUodtvcj.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T15:00:06.492Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:59:26.686Z<\/p>\n<p>GC group are 1&#8217;09&#8221; behind<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike) <br \/>Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)<br \/>Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)<br \/>Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinny (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)<br \/>Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek)<br \/>Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez)<br \/>Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:57:22.505Z<\/p>\n<p>Labous is now in difficulty at the back of the GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:56:53.129Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)<br \/>Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">That sees only 5 riders able to follow the top 2 in the race.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:55:45.501Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:54:43.333Z<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:53:22.041Z<\/p>\n<p>Squiban has been dropped from the peloton. Chabbey&#8217;s jersey is safe for now.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:51:53.485Z<\/p>\n<p>AG Insurance-Soudal have closed the gap up to Van der Breggen to 1&#8217;30&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:51:23.310Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 Provisional ranking after the Ar\u00e2ches-la-Frasse climb \u26f0\ud83e\udd47 \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded \u00c9lise Chabbey, 44 pts\ud83e\udd48 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Ma\u00ebva Squiban, 36 pts\ud83e\udd49 \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot, 19 pts\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 Only the two French women can take the polka dot jersey off of \u00c9lise Chabbey. #TDFF2025 | #WatchTheFemmes | @gozwift https:\/\/t.co\/HULUGIQ6So<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1952017646569865620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:48:57.169Z<br \/>\nCrash!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly)<br \/>Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Oatly)<br \/>Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The latter didn&#8217;t properly go down and is already back in the peloton. Kerbaol is about 40&#8243; off the back.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:47:03.914Z<\/p>\n<p>AG Insurance-Soudal come to the front of the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:46:04.574Z<\/p>\n<p>Some absolutely huge crowds at the base of the Joux-Plane greeting Van der Breggen.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:43:30.986Z<br \/>\n70km to go<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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%.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:40:41.395Z<br \/>\nIntermediate sprint (Morillon)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 25pts<br \/>2. Lorena Wiebes (NED) SD Worx-Protime 20pts<br \/>3. Amber Kraak (NED) FDJ-Suez 17pts<br \/>4. Mischa Bredewold (NED) SD Worx-Protime 15pts<br \/>5. Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Lidl-Trek 13pts<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:39:02.692Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:35:56.394Z<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:34:34.252Z<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;46&#8221; behind Van der Breggen at the front of the race.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:33:34.632Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)<br \/>Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)<br \/>Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">That is very quickly closed down and that sees Muzic and<strong> <\/strong>Bauernfeind go back to the front again.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:30:27.506Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:29:35.266Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:27:23.214Z<\/p>\n<p>Ricarda Bauernfeind (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) joins Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) on the front of the GC group who are 1&#8217;33&#8221; behind the lone leader, Van der Breggen.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:26:20.856Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:24:11.816Z<\/p>\n<p>Van der Breggen extends her lead over the GC group to 1&#8217;15&#8221; as Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek) rejoins the GC group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.63%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dDv24mF58VScRs3fyv3gdM.jpg\" alt=\"Anna van der Breggen leads stage 9 of Tour de France Femmes 2025.\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dDv24mF58VScRs3fyv3gdM.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dDv24mF58VScRs3fyv3gdM.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:20:52.531Z<br \/>\nQoM (C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ar\u00e2ches-la-Frasse)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 10pts<br \/>2. Maeva Squiban (FRA) UAE Team ADQ 8pts<br \/>3. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez 6pts<br \/>4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike 4pts<br \/>5. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto 2pts<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:18:37.109Z<br \/>\n90km to go<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Maeva Squiban has managed to bridge to the GC group and has a massive opportunity to take major points in the QoM standings.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:16:46.692Z<\/p>\n<p>Just 1km to the top of the C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ar\u00e2ches-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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:14:44.948Z<\/p>\n<p>Labous continues to lead the GC group and managing the lad that Van der Breggen gets but it is expanding to 40&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:14:20.535Z<\/p>\n<p>Van der Breggen has 31&#8243; over the GC group. A group of the white jersey, Vinke, is 1&#8217;12&#8221; down and then the Chabbey, Wiebes group is 1&#8217;37&#8221; down. Several individual riders in the gaps between the groups.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:09:34.423Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Guess who!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">She finally goes solo as Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) start to struggling in the GC group.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:08:16.121Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:07:27.114Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:06:28.642Z<br \/>\nAttack <\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)<br \/>Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:05:00.146Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Mavi Garcia (Liv-AlUla-Jayco)<br \/>Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Oatly)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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).<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:03:31.333Z<\/p>\n<p>Break is caught but Van der Breggen is shredding the peloton. Mavi Garcia (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) ups the pace further.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:02:53.307Z<br \/>\nAttack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco)<br \/>Liane Lippert (Movistar)<br \/>Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health)<br \/>Anna van der Breggen (Visma-Lease a Bke)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Multiple riders going out of the back of the peloton including several from FDJ-Suez and Visma-Lease a Bike.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T14:01:27.461Z<\/p>\n<p>The temperature today is currently 24.7\u00b0c.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:58:51.564Z<\/p>\n<p>Onto the 6.2km category 1 climb of the C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ar\u00e2ches-la-Frasse goes the race with an average gradient of 7.1%. The first of three climbs that will decide the QoM jersey.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:57:16.439Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:55:50.159Z<br \/>\n100km to go<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">However, Justine Ghekiere and Kim Le Court of AG Insurance-Soudal are slowing the group and interfering with the pacing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.68%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XXwz6j8dQxLqepSa57dk7g.jpg\" alt=\"Peloton stage 9 Tour de France Femmes 2025\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XXwz6j8dQxLqepSa57dk7g.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/XXwz6j8dQxLqepSa57dk7g.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:54:16.710Z<\/p>\n<p>Breakaway caught by the peloton with the yellow jersey group now 22&#8243; off the back.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:53:36.320Z<\/p>\n<p>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&#8243; off the back of the main peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:52:10.188Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:47:34.447Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:46:39.344Z<\/p>\n<p>There has been a split in the peloton with Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) being the biggest name caught out.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:44:07.474Z<\/p>\n<p>Four riders now lead with three of them being SD Worx-Protime riders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc1 106kmThe breakaway \/ L&#8217;\u00e9chapp\u00e9e : \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea @LotteKopecky\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 @AnnavdBreggen\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Femke Gerritse\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 @lucinda_brand #TDFF2025 l #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com\/5kBfp5B4mv<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1952004381542658300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:43:34.608Z<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:41:33.557Z<\/p>\n<p>Brand and Kopecky are 5&#8243; off Van der Breggen and Gerritse with the peloton 25&#8243; back with 111km to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.68%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/zUR7s8QqXKzFtRo3BzmYGo.jpg\" alt=\"Break stage 9 Tour de Franve Femmes 2025\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/zUR7s8QqXKzFtRo3BzmYGo.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/zUR7s8QqXKzFtRo3BzmYGo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:39:18.691Z<br \/>\nCounter attack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek)<br \/>Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">If they bridge the 14&#8243; gap to the leaders, there will be three SD Worx-Protime riders in a four rider break.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:36:09.380Z<\/p>\n<p>Van der Breggen and Gerritse have a gap of 14&#8243; over the peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:34:11.013Z<br \/>\nAttack!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)<br \/>Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Four other riders trying to join them then the chasing peloton.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:32:10.234Z<\/p>\n<p>The counter was too big and it has killed off the break with the peloton coming back together again.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:31:41.429Z<br \/>\nCounter attack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Marie Le Net (FDJ-Suez)<br \/>Julie Bego (Cofidis)<br \/>Barbara Malcotti (Human Powered Health)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:30:01.276Z<br \/>\nCounter attack<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:29:06.981Z<\/p>\n<p>Wiebes has 8&#8243; 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.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:26:33.721Z<br \/>\n124.1km to go<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The riders start the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 with an attack coming immediately by Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime).<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:22:48.884Z<br \/>\nPuncture<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">This may delay the start of the stage with 1km of neutral to go.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:21:24.793Z<br \/>\nNeutral start<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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-Pr\u00e9vot as well as four riders in the top 10 of GC.<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:19:58.867Z<\/p>\n<p>Gigantic crowds welcomed Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot (Visma-Lease a Bike) as she heads into the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.68%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bMZ88MDf5gkikCcRpvYTFB.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline Ferrand-Prevot is a wanted woman at the start of the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bMZ88MDf5gkikCcRpvYTFB.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bMZ88MDf5gkikCcRpvYTFB.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:14:57.901Z<\/p>\n<p>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&#8243;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The team is down to four riders today, with @chloedygert30 not taking the start of the final #TDFF2025 stage.\u2070A huge thanks to Chlo\u00e9 for her monster pulls and selfless work all week. \ud83e\uddb5\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc\u2070\ud83d\udcf8 @ThomasMaheux pic.twitter.com\/ozK8pZqEot<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1951985364303798467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:10:05.083Z<\/p>\n<p>It is the final day at the Tour de France Femmes 2025 and the race isn&#8217;t over yet. Take a look at our stage preview&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;&gt;&gt; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/tour-de-france-femmes-2025\/stage-9\/preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/tour-de-france-femmes-2025\/stage-9\/preview\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage 9 preview \u2013 Last chance to make an impact on the general classification<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VZbA84yQ5cLpMPJpPDsq8M.jpg\" alt=\"Tour de France Femmes 2025\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VZbA84yQ5cLpMPJpPDsq8M.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VZbA84yQ5cLpMPJpPDsq8M.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:07:45.253Z<\/p>\n<p>Take a look back at the amazing GC fight on yesterday&#8217;s &#8216;Queen Stage&#8217; up to the Col de la Madeleine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;&gt;&gt; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/features\/tour-de-france-femmes-stage-8-gc-analysis-madeleine-queen-stage-reveals-the-queen-of-the-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/features\/tour-de-france-femmes-stage-8-gc-analysis-madeleine-queen-stage-reveals-the-queen-of-the-tour\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tour de France Femmes stage 8 GC analysis \u2013 Col de la Madeleine queen stage reveals the queen of the Tour<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HbLcjHkWqX9nnKK57TTsnB.jpg\" alt=\"SAINT-FRANCOIS LONGCHAMP, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France and Team Visma | Lease a Bike competes during the 4th Tour de France Femmes 2025, Stage 8 a 111.9km stage from Chambery to Saint-Francois Longchamp - Col de la Madeleine 1986m \/ #UCIWWT \/ on August 02, 2025 in Saint-Francois Longchamp, France. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images)\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HbLcjHkWqX9nnKK57TTsnB.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/HbLcjHkWqX9nnKK57TTsnB.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>2025-08-03T13:02:57.400Z<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the profile of today&#8217;s stage, taking the riders from Praz-sur-Arly to Ch\u00e2tel with a finish on the uncategorised climb to the ski resort at Pr\u00e9 la Joux.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The main difficulty of the day will be the hors cat\u00e9gorie Col de Joux Plane (11.6km at 8.5%), along with other challenging ascents in the category one climbs of the C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ar\u00e2ches-la-Frasse (6.2km at 7.1%) and the Col du Corbier (5.9km at 8.5%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:60.00%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/S2KRrJVkUztb82Sraoewkf.jpg\" alt=\"Tour de France Femmes 2025 stage 9 profile\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/S2KRrJVkUztb82Sraoewkf.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/S2KRrJVkUztb82Sraoewkf.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: ASO)<\/p>\n<p>2025-07-23T21:18:11.963Z<\/p>\n<p>Bonjour and welcome to our live updates of the ninth and final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2025-08-03T15:34:54.196Z QoM (Col de Joux-Plane) 1. 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