Tour de France Femmes 2025
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Date | July 26-August 3 |
Distance | 1165km |
Start Location | Vannes, Brittany |
Finish Location | Châtel, Alps |
Category | Women's WorldTour |
Previous Edition - Winner | Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) |




Tour de France Femmes 2025 results
Stage 4: Lorena Wiebes goes two-for-two against Marianne Vos for another sprint victory / As it happened
For a second day in a row, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) out-sprinted Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), this time winning stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes in Poitiers while wearing the green points jersey. Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) trailed in the bunch sprint for third. Vos was rewarded in the end by retaining the yellow jersey for a third day.
Stage 3: Lorena Wiebes wins furious sprint as Kim Le Court and Demi Vollering caught out in late-race crash / As it happened
Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) held off Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) to win stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 in a carnage-filled finish in Angers. Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez) finished third. Vos took back the yellow jersey from Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal), who was caught behind a late-race crash with just over 3km to go and split in the field, also causing Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ), placed fifth overall, to go down and lose time.
Stage 2: Mavi García holds on solo ahead of charging bunch for biggest victory of career at 41 / As it happened
It should have been a stage for Lorena Wiebes but instead, it was Mavi Garcia (Jayco-AlUla) who seized the day in Quimper, attacking solo with 10km to go and narrowly holding off the chasers. Kim Le Court claimed the maillot jaune with a well-timed sprint for third on the stage, and with the time bonus moved into the race lead on the same time as Marianne Vos.
Stage 1: Marianne Vos overtakes teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to take stage win and first yellow jersey in Plumelec / As it happened
In a dramatic finish in Plumelec, Marianne Vos came from behind just as her Visma-Lease a Bike teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was being caught in sight of the line to snatch the victory ahead of Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal).
2025 Tour de France Femmes Information
ASO and race directors Marion Rousse and Christian Prudhomme revealed the details of the route of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes at the Palais des Congrès in Paris on Tuesday, October 29.
The fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes will be held from July 26 to August 3, with nine days of racing. The event delivers new heights with a 1,165km route that crosses through four regions and a total elevation gain of 17,240 metres.
The event will begin with a Grand Départ in Brittany, and there will be two flat stages, three hilly stages, two medium-mountain stages and finish with two back-to-back high mountain stages with major climbs over the Col de Madeleine, Col de Joux Plane, and a mountaintop finale at Châtel.
Cyclingnews will have live coverage of all eight stages of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, along with race reports, galleries, results, and exclusive features and news.
2025 Tour de France Femmes schedule
Date | Stage | Start/Finish | Distance | Start/Finish time (CET) |
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July 26 | Stage 1 | Vannes to Plumelec | 79km | 17:25-19:27 |
July 27 | Stage 2 | Brest to Quimper | 110km | 12:10-15:04 |
July 28 | Stage 3 | La Gacilly to Angers | 162km | 13:50-17:33 |
July 29 | Stage 4 | Saumur to Poitiers | 128km | 14:35-17:35 |
July 30 | Stage 5 | Chasseneuil-du-Poitou to Guéret | 165.8km | 13:20-17:32 |
July 31 | Stage 6 | Clermont-Ferrand to Ambert | 123.7km | 14:00-17:33 |
August 1 | Stage 7 | Bourg-en-Bresse to Chambéry | 159.7km | 13:30-17:30 |
August 2 | Stage 8 | Chambéry to Saint François Longchamp (Col de Madeleine) | 111.9km | 13:45-17:15 |
August 3 | Stage 9 | Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel Les Portes du Soleil | 124.1km | 15:20-18:45 |
Tour de France Femmes History
- You’ve come a long way, baby - Vital statistics show sea change in women’s cycling
- Marianne Martin: Remembering the magic of the 1984 women's Tour de France
- La Grande Boucle, La Course and the return of the women's Tour de France
Cyclingnews has assembled a full list of champions dating back to the first version in 1955 and the original women's Tour de France stage race held from 1984-1989 to the modern Tour de France Femmes.
The women's peloton raced their first official launch of the women's Tour de France until 1984, won by American Marianne Martin. It was an 18-day race held simultaneously as the men's event and along much of the same but shortened routes with shared finish lines. The Société du Tour de France, which later became part of ASO in 1992, managed both men's and women's events.
The women's Tour de France ended in 1989, and while ASO went on to organise women's one-day races like La Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, La Course, and the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes (in 2021), the women's peloton had not been included as part of the official Tour de France for the past 30 years.
Other women's stage races in France, not run by ASO, took place, including the Tour Cycliste Féminin, which had started in 1992, and the re-named Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, until it came to an end in 2009.
La Course by La Tour de France was then created in 2014 following a petition to ASO calling for a women's Tour de France. Le Tour Entier's petition was led by Kathryn Bertine, Marianne Vos, Emma Pooley and Chrissie Wellington and secured 97,307 signatures. The event was held across various platforms, from a one-day to a multi-day event between 2014 and 2021.
Champions included Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen and Chloe Hosking in the first three editions from 2014 to 2016. Annemiek van Vleuten won in 2017 and 2018, followed by Vos in 2019, Lizzie Deignan in 2020 and Demi Vollering in 2021.
Despite its controversy, La Course had become one of the most showcased events in the Women's WorldTour, and although the wait was longer than anyone anticipated, it finally became the stepping stone to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
Tour de France men's race director Christian Prudhomme made a long-awaited confirmation that Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) would launch a women's Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2022 with Marion Rousse as the event's race director.
Zwift announced that it would become the title sponsor of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift on a five-year deal through 2026.
The first edition of the rebirth of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes was an eight-day race that began on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in conjunction with the final stage 21 of the men's Tour de France and ended on La Super Planche des Belles Filles, where Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) was crowned the overall champion.
The 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift route hit new heights with 956 kilometres and a grand finale in the Pyrenees with a mountaintop finish on the iconic Tourmalet on stage 7 and a final stage 8 time trial in Pau, with Demi Vollering winning the overall title.
The 2024 Tour de France Femmes came down to a final chase up l'Alpe d'Huez, with Vollering narrowly missing gaining enough time to unseat Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM). The four-second margin of victory made the edition the closest in Tour de France history - men or women.
2025 Tour de France Femmes route
The 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is set to cover nine days of bike racing, entirely in France, from July 26 to August 3, making it the longest yet of any edition of the new version of the women's Tour de France and will feature main ascents Col de Madeleine, Col de Joux Plane, and a mountaintop finale at Châtel.
Full route details for the 2025 Tour de France Femmes.
2025 Tour de France Femmes - Riders to watch
Cyclingnews examines the riders who will lead their respective teams and contest for the coveted yellow jersey at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes in our Tour de France Femmes 2025 - The GC favourites form guide.
Races
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Tour de France Femmes26 July 2025 - 3 August 2025 | France | Women's WorldTour
- Tour de France Femmes 2025 route revealed featuring Col de Madeleine, Col de Joux Plane, mountaintop finale at Châtel
- Tour de France Femmes 2025 - The GC favourites form guide
- Tour de France Femmes past winners
Latest Content on the Race

'Minutes can be made in a few kilometres' - SD Worx-Protime confident Vollering can wrest back yellow in Tour de France Femmes finale
By James Moultrie published
News Vollering stays coy with teammates more optimistic in reducing 1:15 gap to Niewiadoma on queen stage to Alpe d'Huez

'It really lit a spark inside me' - Peloton sizes up Alpe d'Huez at Tour de France Femmes
By Jackie Tyson published
News Kristen Faulkner, Audrey Cordon-Ragot and Évita Muzic on the climb that will decide the race

Kasia Niewiadoma keeps yellow jersey ahead of ‘crucial’ summit finishes set to decide Tour de France Femmes
By James Moultrie published
News Polish rider heads into final weekend of racing with 16-second lead on Kerbaol and 1:19 advantage on Vollering

'It was a tough fight' - Marianne Vos all-in for Tour de France Femmes green jersey after battle for points in Morteau
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'I really want to bring the green jersey to the finish of the Tour de France Femmes, but first, I need to recover from this gruelling effort'

Tour de France Femmes finally gets its first French stage winner as Cédrine Kerbaol turns the tide
By James Moultrie published
News 'I'm thinking a lot about the next generation coming and I hope it gives them a lot of motivation' says 23-year-old after a stunning solo

‘Virage Juliette!’ - Labous celebrates with a bend dedicated in her name at Tour de France Femmes
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'They named a corner in my name, and that was amazing and special' says French Champion as crowds shouted her name

'She’s up to the fight' - Vollering shows strong form after emotional 'rollercoaster' of crashing at Tour de France Femmes
By James Moultrie published
News Defending champion's 'legs were still fine' after losing yellow jersey due to high-speed crash on stage 5, looks to reclaim lead in the mountains

Pfeiffer Georgi suffers neck and hand fractures in Tour de France Femmes crash
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'Her health and recovery is paramount' says Dsm-firmenich Post NL
Top News on the Race
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'I don't think I have seen a sprinter like her before' – Marianne Vos cedes victory in the Tour de France Femmes sprinter battle to Lorena Wiebes
'I don't know exactly what we're going to do, but maybe there are some chances' says Van Emden of tougher stage 5 to Guéret -
'It's nice to trust your own feeling' – Lorena Wiebes victorious again after freestyle Tour de France Femmes sprint
'I can say I think this is my best season until now' says Dutchwoman after win in Poitiers -
No luck for Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner after second crash at Tour de France Femmes
EF Education-Oatly rider appears to have suffered abrasions on the left arm and leg, but finishes the race in Poitiers
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Demi Vollering starts Tour de France Femmes stage 4, after medical examinations and second concussion check
Updated - 'I hit my head also a bit but for now it doesn't look like I have a concussion' Vollering says on the start line in Saumur -
'It means a lot to me'- Lorena Wiebes dedicates Tour de France Femmes sprint victory to teammates after 'chasing all day long'
SD Worx-Protime sprinter benefits from shifted focus as Lotte Kopecky forgoes GC ambitions -
'Everybody is fighting over every centimetre' – Marianne Vos says Tour de France Femmes crashes are not down to lack of respect in peloton
Dutchwoman takes second in Angers as teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is caught behind late crash
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'She wants to continue' – Demi Vollering undergoing further checks before decision made on starting stage 4 at Tour de France Femmes
Update – FDJ SUEZ says with 'non-urgent nature of her medical condition' no hospital visit needed but further tests, including second concussion protocol, will take place Tuesday morning -
Demi Vollering goes down hard in late Tour de France Femmes crash
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'It can be hard when you're really struggling to have the world see that' – Commitment to team fuels Kristen Faulkner's Tour de France Femmes fight
'Physically, I don't know if I've ever felt this strained in my life' says Olympic Champion on Monday after illness and a crash left her fighting to finish within the time cut on stage 2
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