Tour de France Femmes 2025: Ferrand-Prevot wins final stage and overall standings
The organisers had no intention of a spin-off at the end of the Tour de France Femmes. Instead, the profile of the final stage consisted of the three Alpine passes Côte d'Arâches-la-Frasse (1st category), the Col de Joux Plane (HC category) and the Col du Corbier (1st category). Accordingly, the 124 kilometres between Praz-sur-Arly and Chatel still offered plenty of opportunities to turn the overall standings upside down.
But Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma | Lease a Bike) withstood the attacks and won stage 9 herself with an attack six kilometres from the finish. In doing so, she defended her yellow jersey - equivalent to the overall Tour de France victory. Only the day before, the Frenchwoman had taken the yellow jersey with her stage win.
Second place on the final stage went to Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) 20 seconds later, ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto, +0:23 seconds). Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) was the big loser in the overall standings. On the descent from the Col de Joux Plane, the overall runner-up lost the connection halfway through the stage and lost 3:52 minutes on the stage. As a result, the Australian slipped back to sixth place in the overall standings (+6:40 minutes). Instead, Vollering took second place in the final classification, 3:42 minutes behind Ferrand-Prevot. The podium was completed by Niewiadoma (+4:09 minutes).
The green jersey went to Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), the mountain jersey was won by Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez), although she did not take part in the mountain classifications on the final stage. Nienke Vinke (Picnic-Post NL) won the classification for the best young rider.
Tour de France Femmes 2025 - Results of the 9th stage
Stage 9: Praz-sur-Arly - Châtel Les Portes du Soleil
Tour de France Femmes 2025: Stage 9, Praz-sur-Arly - Châtel Les Portes du Soleil
| Rnk. | Riders | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 03:38:23 |
| 2 | FDJ - SUEZ | +00:00:20 |
| 3 | CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto | +00:00:23 |
| 4 | Lidl - Trek | +00:00:23 |
| 5 | UAE Team ADQ | +00:00:33 |
| 6 | FDJ - SUEZ | +00:01:49 |
How the 9th stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 went
Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) was the first rider to attack right at the start of the stage, but she was caught again after a few kilometres. After ten kilometres, Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) attacked and was accompanied by her team-mates Femke Gerritse, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek). However, before the first climb of the day to the Côte d'Arâches-la-Frasse (1st category), the group was caught again after 30 kilometres.
At this time, the yellow jersey of Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma | Lease a Bike) was around 50 seconds behind the peloton in a hectic start to the stage, as she was too far back in the field on a descent. Before the climb, however, she caught up again with the help of her team-mates. Shortly afterwards, the group of favourites around Ferrand-Prevot at the front had already been reduced to 20 riders.
Van der Breggen aggressive and with a solo escape
Van der Breggen in particular attacked again and again on the climb to the Côte d'Arâches-la-Frasse until she was once again able to break away from the field. At the summit, the Dutchwoman's lead was around 1:15 minutes. On the way to the second climb of the day, Col de Joux Plane (HC category), van der Breggen extended her lead to two minutes.
On the climb itself, the overall second Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) attacked from the group of favourites, setting off a selection from which ultimately only Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto) was able to escape, Juliette Labous and Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma | Lease a Bike), Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl - Trek), Domenika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ), and Gigante.
Gigante loses her podium place
At the summit of the Col de Joux Plane, the group was 50 seconds behind van der Breggen. 55 kilometres remained from there to the finish. On the descent, the overall runner-up Gigante lost the connection to the group and subsequently lost more and more time. With 35 kilometres to go, the Col du Corbier (1st category) was the last climb of this Tour de France Femmes. Two kilometres later, the group of favourites reached the front runner van der Breggen and quickly shook off the Dutchwoman.
The leading group of Niewiadoma, Labous, Vollering, Ferrand-Prevot, Fisher-Black and Wlodarczyk remained on the climb. There were no attacks on the descent either. The route to the finish was predominantly flat, with Ferrand-Prevot using the only wave six kilometres before the finish for an attack, which not only brought her overall victory but also the stage 9 win.
