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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France and Team Visma | Lease a Bike - Yellow leader jersey celebrates at finish line as stage and final overall winner winner during the 4th Tour de France Femmes 2025, Stage 9 a 124.1km stage from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel Les Po

Ferrand-Prevot prevails to win Tour de France Femmes

Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot became the first Frenchwoman to win the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, pushing through three punishing climbs to clinch the final stage ahead of 2023 champion Demi Vollering, who finished second overall.

Cycling • 03 Aug

Team Visma | Lease a Bike's French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey celebrates on the podium after winning the 8th stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 111.9 km from Cham

Ferrand-Prevot takes control at Tour de France Femmes

France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot powered to victory on the mountainous stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday, dropping her rivals before the Col de la Madeleine summit to claim the yellow jersey on the eve of the finale.

Cycling • 02 Aug

Winspace Orange Seal team's Irish rider Fiona Mangan rides during the 2nd stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 110,4 km from Brest to Quimper

Mangan wins intermediate sprint at Tour de France

France's Maeva Squiban delighted home fans with a solo victory on stage seven of the Tour de France Femmes, her second win in two days, as Fiona Mangan (Winspace Orange Seal) became the first Irish rider to win an intermediate sprint at the event.

Cycling • 01 Aug

UAE Team ADQ's French rider Maeva Squiban celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the 6th stage (out of 9) of the fourth edition of the Women's Tour de France cycling race, 123.7 km from Clermont-Ferrand to Ambert, in Ambert, central France on Ju

Home soil win for Squiban on stage six at women's Tour

Frenchwoman Maeva Squiban made a solo ride to the finish line with a perfectly-timed attack on the final climb to win the mountainous stage six of the Tour de France Femmes on Thursday.

Cycling • 31 Jul

Kimberley Le Court Pienaar of Mauritius and Team AG Insurance - Soudal celebrates at podium as stage winner during the 4th Tour de France Femmes 2025, Stage 5 a 165.8km stage from Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (Futuroscope) to Gueret / #UCIWWT / on July 30, 2025

Le Court becomes first African stage winner at Tour

Mauritian Kimberley Le Court Pienaar became the first African to win a stage at the Tour de France Femmes with a late push on Wednesday, reclaiming the yellow jersey during a marathon 165.8 km ride from Jaunay-Marigny to Gueret.

Cycling • 30 Jul

Brodie Chapman of Australia and Lara Gillespie of Ireland and UAE Team ADQ react after the 4th Tour de France Femmes 2025, Stage 4 a 130.7km stage from Saumur to Poitiers.

Gillespie earns historic Tour de France podium finish

Ireland's Lara Gillespie produced a superb ride on stage four of the the Tour de France Femmes on Tuesday to earn a historic third-placed finish.

Cycling • 29 Jul

Lorena Wiebes celebrates her stage win at the Tour de Frances Femmes

Wiebes wins chaotic Tour de France Femmes stage

Lorena Wiebes prevailed in a chaotic sprint to claim victory in the third stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Monday, edging fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos who took the overall lead after a 163.5km ride from La Gacilly to Angers.

Cycling • 28 Jul

Lara Gillespie of Ireland and UAE Team ADQ reacts after the 5th Dwars door het Hageland 2025 – Women´s Elite a 124.6km one day race from Aarschot to Diest on June 14, 2025 in Diest, Belgium.

Gillespie part of history-making Irish trio at Tour

Lara Gillespie has been in a race against time to make it to the Tour de France Femmes but, following her recovery from a bad injury, she will make history in the race on Saturday afternoon.

Cycling • 25 Jul

Katarzyna Niewiadoma is the Tour de France Femmes winner for 2024

Niewiadoma claims Tour as Vollering comes up just short

Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma won her first Tour de France Femmes this afternoon, fighting off the challenge of defending champion Demi Vollering.

Cycling • 18 Aug 24

Justine Ghekiere celebrates at the finish line

Ghekiere bursts to Tour de France Femmes stage victory

Belgian Justine Ghekiere pushed ahead alone on the final two climbs to win stage seven of the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday, with Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma retaining the leader's yellow jersey going into the final stage.

Cycling • 17 Aug 24

Cedrine Kerbaol shows her delight after her stage win

Kerbaol solos to stage six win of Tour de France Femmes

Cedrine Kerbaol became the first-ever home stage winner of the Tour de France Femmes after a late attack on the hilly sixth stage from Remiremont to Mortgeau.

Cycling • 16 Aug 24

Pfeiffer Georgi in action recently during the Olympic Games road race in Paris

Georgi fractures neck in Tour de France Femmes crash

English rider Pfeiffer Georgi sustained a neck fracture and a broken hand during a crash in the fifth stage of the Tour de France Femmes, her team said on Friday.

Cycling • 16 Aug 24

Blanka Vas: 'It's crazy, I still can't believe it'

Vas wins Tour de France Femmes stage five

Blanka Vas sprinted to win stage five of the Tour de France Femmes but her SD Worx–Protime team-mate and defending champion Demi Vollering surrendered the overall lead after losing time in a crash..

Cycling • 15 Aug 24

Puck Pieterse celebrates her stage victory

Pieterse claims Tour de France Femmes stage victory

Puck Pieterse of Fenix-Deceuninck outsprinted race leader Demi Vollering to win the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes and move second overall, with defending champion Vollering strengthening her hold on the yellow jersey.

Cycling • 14 Aug 24

Charlotte Kool maintains her yellow jersey after winning the second stage

Perfect start for Kool taking back-to-back Tour stages

Dutchwoman Charlotte Kool of Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL continued her perfect start to the Tour de France Femmes as she won the second stage, a 69.7km ride from Dordrecht to Rotterdam to maintain her hold on the yellow jersey.

Cycling • 13 Aug 24

Kool claims opening stage of Tour de France Femmes

Dutch rider Charlotte Kool of Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL clinched the opening stage of Tour de France Femmes, a 123-km ride from Rotterdam to The Hague in the Netherlands, to take the first yellow jersey of this year's edition.

Cycling • 12 Aug 24

Demi Vollering went one better after filling the runner-up berth last year

Vollering claims Tour de France Femmes crown

Demi Vollering sealed overall victory at the Tour de France Femmes as team-mate Marlen Reusser won the closing time trial in Pau.

Cycling • 30 Jul 23

Demi Vollering prevailed in misty conditions

Vollering takes yellow jersey in sensational style

Demi Vollering took possession of the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday by winning the penultimate stage in sensational style.

Cycling • 29 Jul 23

Emma Norsgaard celebrates as she takes the stage win

Norsgaard holds on to take stage win at TDF Femmes

Emma Norsgaard held off a fast-finishing chasing pack to win a thrilling stage six of the Tour de France Femmes on Friday.

Cycling • 28 Jul 23

Ricarda Bauernfeind in action during the fifth stage

Bauernfeind wins Tour de France Femmes stage five

Ricarda Bauernfeind took a superb solo win on stage five of the Tour de France Femmes in Albi on a bad day for the in-form SD Worx squad.

Cycling • 27 Jul 23

Megan Armitage competing in the women's Tour de Suisse last month for Arkea Pro Cycling Team

Crash rules Offaly cyclist Armitage out of women's Tour

Megan Armitage's bid to become the first Irish female rider to compete at the Tour de France Femmes has been cruelly denied two days out from the start of the race.

Cycling • 21 Jul 23

Armitage will compete in the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes which runs from 23-30 July

Armitage to become first Irish rider in women's Tour

Megan Armitage will be the first Irish female rider to compete at the Tour de France Femmes after being included in the Arkea Pro Cycling team's selection for the event.

Cycling • 18 Jul 23

Annemiek van Vleuten celebrates on the podium

Annemiek van Vleuten closes out 'dream' Tour triumph

Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the Tour de France Femmes after she tamed the brutal ascent to La Super Planche des Belles Filles in Sunday's final stage to grab the overall victory.

Cycling • 31 Jul 22

Annemiek Van Vleuten turned her fortunes around in the general classification after a challenging week

Van Vleuten seizes yellow jersey ahead of Tour finale

Annemiek Van Vleuten took hold of the yellow jersey on the penultimate stage of the Tour de France Femmes.

Cycling • 30 Jul 22

Marianne Vos' second stage win of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes maintains her lead with two stages remaining

Tour leader Marianne Vos extends lead with stage 6 win

Marianne Vos won stage six of the women's Tour de France to extend her lead at the top of the general classification.

Cycling • 29 Jul 22