PREVIEW | Tour de France Femmes 2025 - Vollering the woman to beat but faces off Reusser, Longo Borghini, Niewiadoma and more
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The Tour de France Femmes 2025 will be a very exciting route featuring a start in Bretagne and a finale in the Alps. It will take place from the 26th of July up until the 3rd of August and will be the main event of the women's cycling calendar. We preview the race ahead.
The race starts off in Bretagne and the first two stages will suit the classics riders. The hilltop finale in the Côte de Cadoudal, Plumelec, is well known and will dictate the first yellow jersey of the race.
Stage 1: Vannes - Plumelec, 79 kilometers
Stage 2 into Quimper is also well known within the peloton, an explosive course with several traps in the form of narrow roads, short and steep climbs. A true explosive classic route in the start of the Grand Tour.
Stage 2: Brest - Quimper, 110 kilometers
Stage 3 will be the first proper opportunity for the sprinters in the race, a long 162-kilometer stage which finishes in Angers but the fast ladies will have the chance to succeed.
Stage 3: La Gacilly - Angers, 162 kilometers
Stage 4 will end in Potiers and is without a doubt the best day of the race for the pure sprinters.
Stage 4: Samur - Poitiers, 128 kilometers
Stage 5 sees the race head into the Massif Central, this is the longest stage of the race and also features a finale similar to the hilly one-day races. Before the downhill finale into Guéret, the riders tackle a 2.8-kilometer long climb at just over 5%.
Stage 5: Chasseneuil-Du-Poitou - Guéret, 166 kilometers
The race becomes tougher and on the sixth day we have the toughest of the Massif Central climbs. The 124 kilometers between Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert have five categorized climbs, the final three will be difficult and the race has the potential to explode in the long Col du Béal.
Stage 6: Clermont-Ferrand - Ambert, 124 kilometers
Stage 7 sees the riders arrive in the Alps, a long mountain stage but on with a flat start. The finale is not the most difficult of the week, but before the downhill run into Chambéry the riders tackle the Col du Granier which is 8.9 kilometers in distance and 5.4%.
Stage 7: Bourg-en-Bresse - Chambéry, 160 kilometers
The queen stage. 3500 meters of climbing and 112 kilometers in distance, the stage starts off with a difficult ascent in the Col de Plainpalais and then ends atop the 18-kilometer long Col de la Madeleine where the race can very well be decided.
Stage 8: Chambéry - Col de la Madeleine, 112 kilometers
The final mountain stage is different but features a very exciting profile. The race will end in the city of Châtel but before reaching it the riders tackle the very hard Col de Joux-Plane (11.6 kilometers, 8.5%) mid-stage and then another difficult ascent before what can be a very tactical flat run-in to the end of the race.
Stage 9: Praz-Sur-Arly - Châtel, 124 kilometers
Prediction Tour de France Femmes 2025 overall classification:
*** Demi Vollering, Elisa Longo Borghini
** Marlen Reusser, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Anna van der Breggen
* Sarah Gigante, Lotte Kopecky, Kim Le Court, Pauliena Rooijakkers, Cedrine Kerbaol, Shirin van Anrooij, Puck Pieterse
** Marlen Reusser, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Anna van der Breggen
* Sarah Gigante, Lotte Kopecky, Kim Le Court, Pauliena Rooijakkers, Cedrine Kerbaol, Shirin van Anrooij, Puck Pieterse
Pick: Demi Vollering
Original: Rúben Silva
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