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NBC Sports
02-08-2025
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- NBC Sports
Ferrand-Prévôt takes lead at women's Tour de France after commanding stage win
SAINT-FRANCOIS-LONGCHAMP, France — French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt took a commanding lead at the women's Tour de France after launching a solo attack on the final climb of Saturday's penultimate stage. She is making her Tour debut at 33 years old and leads Australian rider Sarah Gigante by 2 minutes, 37 seconds and 2023 champion Demi Vollering of the Netherlands by 3:18 heading into Sunday's last stage. Last year's event had the smallest winning margin in the history of the women's and men's races, but Ferrand-Prévôt looks like winning far more comfortably, barring mishap. She won the mountain bike gold medal at last year's Paris Olympics and the Paris-Roubaix classic in April. Overnight, she trailed Mauritian rider Kim Le Court by 26 seconds heading into stage 8 from Chambéry to Saint-François-Longchamp, which took the riders on a 112-kilometer (69-mile) trek into the mountains. It featured an early climb of 13 kilometers (8 miles) up Col de Plainpalais before finishing with a tortuous ascent of 18.6 kilometers to Col de Madeleine, one of the most famed climbs in cycling. Ferrand-Prévôt made a move on her main rivals about 9 kms from the top, pulling away to chase after Niamh Fisher-Black and Yara Kastelijn ahead of her. She soon caught them and then rode unchallenged to clinch the stage win. Gigante crossed the line 1:45 behind her, while Fisher-Black rolled in 2:15 behind in third spot. Vollering placed fourth. Sunday's ninth and final stage from Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel is another mountainous route, with three big climbs, and is even longer at 124 kms.
Fox Sports
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Ferrand-Prévôt takes the lead at women's Tour de France after commanding stage win
Associated Press SAINT-FRANCOIS-LONGCHAMP, France (AP) — French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt took a commanding lead at the women's Tour de France after launching a solo attack on the final climb of Saturday's penultimate stage. She is making her Tour debut at 33 years old and leads Australian rider Sarah Gigante by 2 minutes, 37 seconds and 2023 champion Demi Vollering of the Netherlands by 3:18 heading into Sunday's last stage. Last year's event had the smallest winning margin in the history of the women's and men's races, but Ferrand-Prévôt looks like winning far more comfortably, barring mishap. She won the mountain bike gold medal at last year's Paris Olympics and the Paris-Roubaix classic in April. Overnight, she trailed Mauritian rider Kim Le Court by 26 seconds heading into stage 8 from Chambéry to Saint-François-Longchamp, which took the riders on a 112-kilometer (69-mile) trek into the mountains. It featured an early climb of 13 kilometers (8 miles) up Col de Plainpalais before finishing with a tortuous ascent of 18.6 kilometers to Col de Madeleine, one of the most famed climbs in cycling. Ferrand-Prévôt made a move on her main rivals about 9 kms from the top, pulling away to chase after Niamh Fisher-Black and Yara Kastelijn ahead of her. She soon caught them and then rode unchallenged to clinch the stage win. Gigante crossed the line 1:45 behind her, while Fisher-Black rolled in 2:15 behind in third spot. Vollering placed fourth. Sunday's ninth and final stage from Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel is another mountainous route, with three big climbs, and is even longer at 124 kms. ___ AP sports: in this topic
San Francisco Chronicle
02-08-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Ferrand-Prévôt takes the lead at women's Tour de France after commanding stage win
SAINT-FRANCOIS-LONGCHAMP, France (AP) — French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt took a commanding lead at the women's Tour de France after launching a solo attack on the final climb of Saturday's penultimate stage. She is making her Tour debut at 33 years old and leads Australian rider Sarah Gigante by 2 minutes, 37 seconds and 2023 champion Demi Vollering of the Netherlands by 3:18 heading into Sunday's last stage. Last year's event had the smallest winning margin in the history of the women's and men's races, but Ferrand-Prévôt looks like winning far more comfortably, barring mishap. She won the mountain bike gold medal at last year's Paris Olympics and the Paris-Roubaix classic in April. Overnight, she trailed Mauritian rider Kim Le Court by 26 seconds heading into stage 8 from Chambéry to Saint-François-Longchamp, which took the riders on a 112-kilometer (69-mile) trek into the mountains. It featured an early climb of 13 kilometers (8 miles) up Col de Plainpalais before finishing with a tortuous ascent of 18.6 kilometers to Col de Madeleine, one of the most famed climbs in cycling. Ferrand-Prévôt made a move on her main rivals about 9 kms from the top, pulling away to chase after Niamh Fisher-Black and Yara Kastelijn ahead of her. She soon caught them and then rode unchallenged to clinch the stage win. Gigante crossed the line 1:45 behind her, while Fisher-Black rolled in 2:15 behind in third spot. Vollering placed fourth. Sunday's ninth and final stage from Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel is another mountainous route, with three big climbs, and is even longer at 124 kms. ___
Washington Post
12-04-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Frenchwoman Ferrand-Prévôt wins Paris-Roubaix women's race for the first time
ROUBAIX, France — Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt overcame sickness and a crash to win the Paris-Roubaix women's race for the first time on Saturday with a well-timed solo breakaway. The 33-year-old from France added the prestigious and grueling Roubaix classic to her Olympic mountain bike gold medal at the Paris Games last year and the 2014 world road race title. 'I'm super happy but I don't realise it yet,' she said. 'It could be my best win ever.' A smiling Ferrand-Prévôt raised both arms in the air as she crossed the finish line at the Roubaix velodrome. She surprised herself with the victory, given the circumstances. 'I was sick the last couple of days, so I was not sure this morning if I was going to participate. It's good that finally I took the start,' Ferrand-Prévôt said. 'Winning here is just amazing. My boyfriend (Dylan van Baarle) won three years ago, so now I won. We will have two (trophies) at home.' The 148.5-kilometer (92-mile) race featured 29.2 km (18 miles) of cobbles and Ferrand-Prévôt was one of several riders to fall entering one of those stretches, with 54 kilometers to go. But she was unharmed and quickly rejoined the peloton. Although she was tactically supposed to be riding for Visma-Lease a Bike with teammate Marianne Vos, Ferrand-Prévôt sensed an opportunity and launched her attack with about 18 kilometers left. 'I had a gap and I tried to go until the end,' Ferrand-Prévôt said. None of her rivals could catch her and she entered the velodrome on her own with the crowd cheering. Ferrand-Prévôt finished 58 seconds clear of Italian Letizia Borghesi and 1:01 ahead of Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes in third. Vos was fourth and Alison Jackson of Canada fifth. Ferrand-Prévôt became the first rider from France to win the women's race, which was first held in 2021. 'The first, but maybe the last one,' she said, smiling. 'I just tried to survive in the cobblestone section.' Defending champion Lotte Kopecky of Belgium __ the road race world champion __ was 2:04 behind in 12th spot. The men's race is on Sunday and sees three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar competing in the ' Hell of the North ' race for the first time. ___ AP cycling:
The Guardian
12-04-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt overcomes illness and crash to win Paris-Roubaix
France's Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt overcame sickness and a crash to win the Paris-Roubaix women's race for the first time on Saturday. The 33-year-old delivered a well-timed solo breakaway, added the prestigious and gruelling Spring classic to her Olympic mountain bike gold medal at the Paris Games last year and the 2014 world road race title. 'It could be my best win ever,' Ferrand-Prévôt said.'I'm super happy but I don't realise it yet. I was sick the last couple of days, so I was not sure this morning if I was going to participate. It's good that finally I took the start. 'Winning here is just amazing,' she added after crossing the finish line at the Roubaix velodrome. 'My boyfriend [Dylan van Baarle] won [the men's trophy] three years ago, so now I won. We will have two [trophies] at home.' The 148.5km (92-mile) race featured 29.2 km (18 miles) of cobbles and Ferrand-Prévôt was one of several riders to fall entering one of those stretches, with 54km to go. But she was unharmed and quickly rejoined the peloton. Although she was supposed to be tactically riding for her Visma-Lease a Bike teammate, Marianne Vos, Ferrand-Prévôt sensed an opportunity and launched her attack with about 18km left on the road to Roubaix, close to the Belgian border. 'I had a gap and I tried to go until the end,' she said afterwards. None of Ferrand-Prévôt's rivals could catch her and she entered the velodrome on her own with the crowd cheering. She finished 58 seconds clear of Italian Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Oatly) and 1min 1sec ahead of Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes (Team SD-Work-Protime) in third. Vos was fourth and Alison Jackson (EF Education-Oatly) of Canada fifth, as Ferrand-Prévôt became the first rider from France to win the women's race, which was first held in 2021. 'The first, but maybe the last one,' she said, smiling. 'I just tried to survive in the cobblestone section.' Defending champion Lotte Kopecky of Belgium (Team SD-Work-Protime) – who is also the road race world champion – was 2:04 behind in 12th spot. Britain's Pfeiffer Georgi was one place behind, with Zoe Backstedt in 15th. The men's race is on Sunday and sees three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar competing in the 'Hell of the North' race for the first time. The 26-year-old will be the first reigning Tour de France champion to tackle the race in 34 years. Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion 'We're here and we go for it. Every race is hard to win and every race is exciting,' said the Slovenian. 'I'm nervous today but we'll see tomorrow. It's no more dangerous than a mass sprint at the Tour de France,' he said.
