Tour de France Femmes 2025 GC Update after Stage 8: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot set to become first French Maillot Jaune winner since Bernard Hinault
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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot has almost certainly won the 2025 Tour de France Femmes following a dominant performance on the Queen Stage on Sunday afternoon, destroying all her rivals on the Col de la Madeline to move into the Maillot Jaune.
Winning stage 8 by 1:45 over nearest challenger Sarah Gigante, Ferrand-Prevot notably put 3:03 into 2023 Maillot Jaune winner Demi Vollering, and 3:26 into the 2024 Tour de France Femmes champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma. As a result, the Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader now sits atop the general classification standings, taking over the Maillot Jaune from Kim Le Court.
Ferrand-Prevot's buffer heading into the final stage is 2:37 over Gigante, with Vollering retaining a podium place at 3:18 down, 32 seconds ahead of Niewiadoma. Cedrine Kerbaol, who bounced back well on stage 8 having looked in difficulty early on, moves up to 5th overall after a strong performance on the Col de la Madeline, 4:11 down on her compatriot.
Pauliena Rooijakkers then sits 6th at 4:26, with Dominika Wlodarczyk (7th at 5:02), Niamh Fisher-Black (8th at 5:52), Evita Muzic (9th at 5:58) and Juliette Labous (10th at 7:14), completing the top 10. Notably, former Maillot Jaune Le Court now sits 11th overall, just outside of the top-10 by 1:36.
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Tour de France Femmes 2025 General Classification Standings after Stage 8
| 1 | Ferrand-Prevot Pauline | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 26:16:11 |
| 2 | Gigante Sarah | AG Insurance-Soudal Team | + 02:37 |
| 3 | Vollering Demi | FDJ-SUEZ | + 03:18 |
| 4 | Niewiadoma-Phinney Katarzyna | CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto | + 03:40 |
| 5 | Kerbaol Cédrine | EF Education-Oatly | + 04:11 |
| 6 | Rooijakkers Pauliena | Fenix-Deceuninck | + 04:26 |
| 7 | Wlodarczyk Dominika | UAE Team ADQ | + 05:02 |
| 8 | Fisher-Black Niamh | Lidl-Trek | + 05:52 |
| 9 | Muzic Evita | FDJ-SUEZ | + 05:58 |
| 10 | Labous Juliette | FDJ-SUEZ | + 07:14 |
| 11 | Le Court Kim | AG Insurance-Soudal Team | + 08:50 |
| 12 | van der Breggen Anna | Team SD Worx-Protime | + 09:25 |
| 13 | Wyllie Ella | Liv AlUla Jayco | + 13:24 |
| 14 | Malcotti Barbara | Human Powered Health | + 14:48 |
| 15 | Ghekiere Justine | AG Insurance-Soudal Team | + 15:00 |
| 16 | Squiban Maeva | UAE Team ADQ | + 16:26 |
| 17 | Vinke Nienke | Team Picnic PostNL | + 23:39 |
| 18 | Vallieres Mill Magdeleine | EF Education-Oatly | + 23:39 |
| 19 | Pieterse Puck | Fenix-Deceuninck | + 24:09 |
| 20 | Kastelijn Yara | Fenix-Deceuninck | + 25:30 |
| 21 | de Vries Femke | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 28:00 |
| 22 | Garcia Mavi | Liv AlUla Jayco | + 28:15 |
| 23 | Chabbey Elise | FDJ-SUEZ | + 28:31 |
| 24 | Ludwig Cecilie Uttrup | CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto | + 28:47 |
| 25 | Vanpachtenbeke Margot | VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team | + 29:21 |
| 26 | Markus Riejanne | Lidl-Trek | + 30:49 |
| 27 | Bego Julie | Cofidis Women Team | + 32:38 |
| 28 | Ryo Titia | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 36:16 |
| 29 | Gontova Nadia | Winspace Orange Seal | + 37:22 |
| 30 | Nooijen Lieke | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 38:12 |
| 31 | Claes Lotte | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 39:02 |
| 32 | Meijering Mareille | Movistar Team | + 39:10 |
| 33 | van Anrooij Shirin | Lidl-Trek | + 39:29 |
| 34 | Vos Marianne | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 39:47 |
| 35 | Morier Emilie | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 42:06 |
| 36 | Bunel Marion | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 42:33 |
| 37 | Edwards Ruth | Human Powered Health | + 42:40 |
| 38 | Van Dam Sarah | Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team | + 45:26 |
| 39 | Bauernfeind Ricarda | CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto | + 45:56 |
| 40 | Koch Franziska | Team Picnic PostNL | + 50:15 |
| 41 | Coston Morgane | Roland Le Dévoluy | + 57:47 |
| 42 | Hengeveld Daniek | Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team | + 58:33 |
| 43 | Kraak Amber | FDJ-SUEZ | + 01:05:26 |
| 44 | Stiasny Petra | Roland Le Dévoluy | + 01:07:09 |
| 45 | Hartmann Elena | Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team | + 01:10:54 |
| 46 | Brand Lucinda | Lidl-Trek | + 01:14:34 |
| 47 | Bradbury Neve | CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto | + 01:17:39 |
| 48 | Schweinberger Christina | Fenix-Deceuninck | + 01:20:24 |
| 49 | Dideriksen Amalie | Cofidis Women Team | + 01:20:51 |
| 50 | de Jong Thalita | Human Powered Health | + 01:23:00 |
| 51 | Berteau Victoire | Cofidis Women Team | + 01:23:48 |
| 52 | Ludwig Hannah | Cofidis Women Team | + 01:41:00 |
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- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
- How can you use a photo post incident to judge the incident itself (which is not hard to find if you’re prepared to invest the same amount of time in searching as writing that comment? It’s harsh but technically right even though this or worse is not always sanctioned in every race. The two things that went against MS (who unfortunately for her would still have won without making her mistake) are that it was not a bunch sprint where there could have been an overlooked incident or mitigating circumstances explaining a deviation. Everything was focused on just those 2, Schreiber was riding beautifully balanced which made her sudden deviation look unnatural stroke as if it could have been in some part intentional whilst she was slowly drifting ever closer towards the barrier to a point that would have reached obstruction level. In her defence, it might have been the realisation she was heading towards that that made her react suddenly and caused the deviation involuntarily. In any case, congratulations to her for the ride of her life, in people’s minds she will be credited for it.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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