Tour de France Femmes: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot dominates queen stage to take yellow before final day
Ferrand-Prevot dropped favourite climber Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) with 8.5km to go on the Hors Categorie — the hardest category — climb Col de la Madeleine, eventually joining and overtaking Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) to win by a minute and 45 seconds.
PAULINE FERRAND-PRÉVOT EST SEULE DANS LA MADELEINE 🫨🇫🇷@FERRANDPREVOT IS ALONE ON LA MADELEINE 💥
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While once more there is no change in the points or mountains classifications, the GC battle is has been shaken up before the final day, with yellow-jersey wearer Kim Le Court no longer in the top ten and Ferrand-Prevot's closest competitor Gigante being over two-and-a-half minutes away. Le Court suffered a crash on a descent earlier in the stage and without anyone waiting, lost significant time on the leaders.
Former Tour winner Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) managed to make up some time on the final climb to take third in the GC on Saturday but will need to make up over 3:18mins on Sunday to repeat the overall win.
It is the first time the Col de la Madeleine has appeared in the women's modern Tour, having been faced 27 times in the men's race.
Sunday will host the final day of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes, taking the peloton 124.1km from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel. It will be another tough day in the mountains to decide the winner of the Grand Tour, over three categorised climbs including another HC climb Col de Joux Plane.
If Ferrand-Prevot defends her lead on the final stage, she will make history as the first Frenchwoman to win the Tour de France Femmes.
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