Tour de France Femmes 2025 - Stage 5: Lichtenberg's preview: Rambazamba in the Massif Central
TOUR Online
· 30.07.2025
Stage 5 | Wednesday, 30 July 2025 | Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Futuroscope - Guéret | 165.8 kilometres | 1861 vertical metres
Claudia Lichtenberg's assessment of the 5th stage
Today, the longest stage of this Tour de France Femmes 2025 awaits the female riders. During my research, I was amazed that the Massif Central can be so flat, to put it bluntly. But of course there are longer climbs in the finale. And especially in close succession - that's quite a difference to the previous stages. The roads look narrow. The route has the character of a classic. It will certainly be cool to watch the finale, which is sure to be very tough. I think there's going to be a lot of razzmatazz on this stage.
The descent towards the finish also brings the aspect of riding technique into the requirements profile of the day's winner - for me, this is absolutely a day for Marianne Vos. At 2.8 kilometres and an average gradient of 5.4 percent, the last climb is not too long for her. After all, Marianne won the overall classification at the Giro d'Italia in the past. It will also be a day with significance for the overall classification! The classic phrase that has been said far too often applies to this day: you can't win the Tour on this day, but you can lose it. If a defect or a crash happens in the finale, you would be in real trouble because the team car with replacement equipment will be far away and it will take a long time to get help.
Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025
- Neutral start: 13:20, sharp start 13:35
- Estimated arrival time: between 17:32 and 17:57
- TV broadcast: Eurosport 1 15:15-18:15
- Live stream: ARD-Mediathek, sportschau.de, Discovery Plus (for a fee)
TOUR expert Claudia Lichtenberg
She was one of the best tour specialists in German cycling - at a time when there was no Tour de France for women. Claudia Lichtenberg won the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de l'Aude in 2009 under her maiden name Häusler, the toughest stage races in women's cycling at the time. Alongside her job as a racing cyclist, she completed a degree in mechanical engineering. Today, the 39-year-old from Munich works as an engineer and, together with her husband Christian, comments on women's races on the Discovery+/Eurosport platforms.
