Tour de France Femmes 2025: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot seals home glory
On Sunday she took that victory at her first attempt and the final stage along with it, against an all-star field, becoming the first French winner for 36 years.
'This morning I told my directeur sportif, 'I want to try to win in yellow,' ' Ferrand-Prévot said. 'It wasn't easy, quite a tactical race, and at the end I told myself, 'Let's see how I feel on the last climb.' I attacked and I didn't think that I could win that way. I really gave it my all until the last metres, so I didn't have time to savour it all, but I'm so happy to be able to win this stage and the general classification.'
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