Tour de France Femmes 2025 (July 26th- August 3rd)

[yaco]

Disappointing for ELB to lose 52 seconds. Hopefully she improves.

 

[Didinho]

Curious what Le Court can do on the longer climbs. Could be one of the favorites in this form.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Spratt was replaced 24hrs before the start.

Sure, but if Reusser was seemingly ok to start yesterday but then woke up today significantly worse and felt unable to, they may not have had a rider on site or close enough to arrive in time for the start.

Anyway, a disasterclass from Movistar as they clearly learned too much from their men's team, while SD Worx' tactical legacy continues apace it seems.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Great finish!!! PFP FTW overall.

 

[Didinho]

Ferrand-Prevot looks really strong. This is her only real goal of the year and we know how good she can be when she really wants to be.

Never seen her so sharp/skinny in her face. Just saw some pictures from before the stage, don’t remember seeing her like this before. She looks really strong, but we have to wait untill the mountains.

 

[pmcg76]

The indecision for Vos at the end was comical, but great win nonetheless.

So I guess the genuine contenders has already been narrowed down with Reusser out and ELB living up to her statement of focusing on stage wins. PFP looking good, but still in the unsure category until the real mountains. I had debated putting Kim Le Court in my darkhorse category, but need to see more as well. Overall, not a terrible stage and Wiebes didn't win.

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats MV!

 

[JosefK]

Vossification occurred in this stage. Not a complete surprise. No longer a spring chicken, she can still win lots of races at the highest level. Craziness. Much respect.

 

[Lequack]

Disappointing for ELB to lose 52 seconds. Hopefully she improves.

What happened to her and Kopecky? Just bad legs?

 

[Lequack]

Some pics

 

[RedheadDane]

Some pics

Imagine trying to warm up for a bike race, and there's a giant squirrel behind you!

🚴‍♀️🐿

 

[Lequack]

Also what's with Fenix and signing up all the redheads?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Also what's with Fenix and signing up all the redheads?

Are you saying RhD is secretly working for them, too?

 

[JR1012]

What happened to her and Kopecky? Just bad legs?

Kopecky has just not the form she had last years, because of knee injurie in the winter and back pain during the Giro.
For ELB, she is maybe tired because of the tough Giro?

 

[dobrien]

Imagine trying to warm up for a bike race, and there's a giant squirrel behind you!

🚴‍♀️🐿

That squirrel definitely has some "childhood nightmare" vibes going on!!

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Never seen her so sharp/skinny in her face. Just saw some pictures from before the stage, don’t remember seeing her like this before. She looks really strong, but we have to wait untill the mountains.

It's typical for her at her big target; she's done it for years - but can only hold that weight for a matter of weeks as it's not great healthwise; she did an interview on Pinkbike a few years ago about it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kool hasn't recovered from the Baloise crash and is out of the race. She was probably never too likely to finish the race anyway, but it was worth the gamble for Picnic. Now we'll see if Barbieri can score some decent results instead.

 

[Lequack]

Who is the real Italian

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who is the real Italian

Or Mexican.

Only Vos and Wiebes were interested in the intermediate sprint. I had thought maybe Le Court would give it a go.

 

[Didinho]

Strong sprint from Smulders. Chabbey stays in the lead.

 

[Didinho]

Kopecky in the 2nd (dropped) peloton. It’s gonna be a leadout in the next days and nothing more I guess.

 

[JR1012]

Kopecky in the 2nd (dropped) peloton. It’s gonna be a leadout in the next days and nothing more I guess.

Why is she even riding? If she is not at 100% maybe resting is a better choice.

 

[Didinho]

Why is she even riding? If she is not at 100% maybe resting is a better choice.

She had a better feeling again the last weeks in training.
Now they’re talking about it for 10 minutes already on Sporza that she has to do interviews etc even when it’s not going good. Let her be.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Chabbey strikes back. They didn't have to sprint on the cobbles, so we avoided a Benjamin Thomas incident.

 

[Didinho]

Really bad timing for a little crash from Le Court. She will come back normally.

Chabbey first again. She’s got more energy left it seems.