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

[Samu Cuenca]

Gigante MVP today.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Impressive commitment to the early celebration from the mauritian Alaphilippe there

 

[Izzyeviel]

Nice to see grace brown at the tour de france femme avec zwift

 

[JosefK]

Le Court too late with the early celebration to duplicate Wiebes's feat. Demi looking pretty strong ... seems to have recovered well from the hard crash in stage 3.

 

[RedheadDane]

It's Jamaican for 'unknown'

I thought it might have been Polish for "She was unknown but she won the Tour so people should know about her by now"...

shes not really a climber either...

But hopefully better than last year, now that she has (hopefully) recovered from her broken butt.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

A similar stage to the Liege one last year, with Le Court, Van der Breggen and PFP being added to the mix, and Pieterse not dropping Rooijakkers this time around.

 

[JR1012]

What a stage. Fight for green and GC will be very interesting the next stages.

 

[yaco]

The unanswered question is how well Le Court will go in the big mountains. She is the anointed from the team.

 

[theyoungest]

Le Court has become so good at everything in a relatively short timespan... she's this year's Kopecky. I wonder how she'll go on the longer climbs. She already has gathered 26 bonus seconds in this race, and if she continues like this she could even make up a minute deficit via bonis.

Vollering doesn't seem to be in too much pain. I hate to give it to Van Emden but she is a tad overly dramatic at times.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Le Court has become so good at everything in a relatively short timespan... she's this year's Kopecky. I wonder how she'll go on the longer climbs. She already has gathered 26 bonus seconds in this race, and if she continues like this she could even make up a minute deficit via bonis.

Vollering doesn't seem to be in too much pain. I hate to give it to Van Emden but she is a tad overly dramatic at times.

To be fair to Vollering, she is also one of few who can be a bit below her best and still be quite strong. It is however a potential worry that Labous and Muzic still don't seem to have reached peak shapes, although it might not matter too much in the end.

 

[pmcg76]

Decent stage, kinda surprised Puck was dropped, but all of the other favourites up there. Gigante seemed to get dropped on the descent a bit, but made it back to do a great job for LeCourt. If Gigante can avoid losing time, she is a real dark horse in the mountains. I think Lefevre was quite critical of the ladies team a few years back, but they have a real good team together now.

I watched it on the Irish language channel today, same commentators that do the mens race, but it is clear they are not as well up on the womens side of things, they thought Rooijakers was Puck for most of the end of stage!!!

 

[JR1012]

The unanswered question is how well Le Court will go in the big mountains. She is the anointed from the team.

Le Court finished 3rd on Jebel Hafeet.

 

[theyoungest]

To be fair to Vollering, she is also one of few who can be a bit below her best and still be quite strong. It is however a potential worry that Labous and Muzic still don't seem to have reached peak shapes, although it might not matter too much in the end.

They're still somewhere near where they should be though. If we take Ferrand-Prevot's mountain support for instance, seems to be much worse. The (on paper) best climber Bunel finished last today...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They're still somewhere near where they should be though. If we take Ferrand-Prevot's mountain support for instance, seems to be much worse. The (on paper) best climber Bunel finished last today...

Sure, it's not like most teams appear stronger than them either. Question is if Gigante will be stuck in a domestique role or they're prepared to sacrifice Le Court.

Bunel crashed today, so I don't expect much from her tomorrow.

 

[pmcg76]

Sure, it's not like most teams appear stronger than them either. Question is if Gigante will be stuck in a domestique role or they're prepared to sacrifice Le Court.

Bunel crashed today, so I don't expect much from her tomorrow.

I would hope that they don't sacrifice Gigante for LeCourt. I think Gigante has proven her climbing ability at the Giro, so best to see how both go on the bigger climbs without sacrificing anyone until the road decides. Leave the pressure on FDJ, Canyon, JV, I was going to say SD works, but I think AVDB will be on her lonesome.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Le Court finished 3rd on Jebel Hafeet.

That is a very consistent tempo climb in a February race, however, so the question is going to be how well she can replicate that on Col de la Madeleine, which is longer and steeper, and also against a stronger field. Yes, ELB was there on Jebel Hafeet, but the likes of Persico and Trinca Colonel were the ones KLCDBP was climbing with, obviously not mugs by any means, but also not comparable to the likes of Vollering.

The question will be as to whether the team decides to try to protect her with Gigante or lets them go for their own goals - as a pure climber the Australian has much more cache, but she's also coming off the back of peak form at the Giro. I think they'll let them ride for themselves in the first instance, but if Gigante fatigues, they will spend the remainder of what she has in the tank for KLCDBP.

 

[nightowl]

That is a very consistent tempo climb in a February race, however, so the question is going to be how well she can replicate that on Col de la Madeleine, which is longer and steeper, and also against a stronger field. Yes, ELB was there on Jebel Hafeet, but the likes of Persico and Trinca Colonel were the ones KLCDBP was climbing with, obviously not mugs by any means, but also not comparable to the likes of Vollering.

The question will be as to whether the team decides to try to protect her with Gigante or lets them go for their own goals - as a pure climber the Australian has much more cache, but she's also coming off the back of peak form at the Giro. I think they'll let them ride for themselves in the first instance, but if Gigante fatigues, they will spend the remainder of what she has in the tank for KLCDBP.

I realize KLCDPB is Le Court but what do those extra initials stand for?

 

[E_F_]

the mauritian Alaphilippe

Alanis Philippette?

 

[Izzyeviel]

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[Samu Cuenca]

I realize KLCDPB is Le Court but what do those extra initials stand for?

If we use all the names she either has or has had it's Mary Patricia Kimberley Le Court de Billot Pienaar (Patricia is her mother's name, but I don't know where Mary comes or whether that was originally intended to be her first name).

 

[yaco]

Le Court finished 3rd on Jebel Hafeet.

That is a one climb stage.

 

[yaco]

I would hope that they don't sacrifice Gigante for LeCourt. I think Gigante has proven her climbing ability at the Giro, so best to see how both go on the bigger climbs without sacrificing anyone until the road decides. Leave the pressure on FDJ, Canyon, JV, I was going to say SD works, but I think AVDB will be on her lonesome.

The fact is SD Worx has been an ordinary GC team in 2025. Not that it should affect AVB's race.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Falls:
(34) FAULKNER Kristen - EFO
. Dermabrasion of the left elbow.
(95) PLUIMERS Ilse - AGS
. Chin wound.
(81) BALSAMO Elisa - LTK
. Dermabrasion of the right buttock.
(175) ROUSSEL Elyne - AUB
. Dermabrasion of the buttock, left elbow, and back.
(153) BURLOVÁ Kristýna - CTC
. Dermabrasion of the right elbow and knee; head trauma.
(181) SANTESTEBAN GONZALEZ Ane - LKF
. Left wrist trauma.
(136) OTTESTAD Mie Bjørndal - UXM
. Right elbow and wrist trauma.
(192) ALLIONE Marine - WOS
. Rib pain.
(52) BUNEL Marion - TVL
. Left elbow trauma.
(172) AVOINE Alison - AUB
. Back pain plus buttock pain.
(131) AALERUD Katrine - UXM
. Concussion, left arch injury.
. Evacuated to Poitiers Hospital by the medical service

Dermabrasion is a skin-resurfacing procedure that involves removing the outer layers of skin to reduce the appearance of scars, wrinkles, and other skin imperfections. It's a more invasive procedure than microdermabrasion, and is typically performed by a dermatologist or plastic surgeon.
The procedure is typically performed under local anesthesia with or without sedation, or in some cases, general anesthesia.

 

[JR1012]

That is a one climb stage.

So? It's still a high MTF.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So? It's still a high MTF.

It is, however it is also around 60% the length of the Col de la Madeleine MTF, and 1,3% shallower on average. The problem is, there aren't many data points we can reasonably use for Le Court as a GC climber because she hasn't been in the pro péloton all that long, and by and large hasn't been going for GCs so how representative her performances on other big mountains are is open to interpretation. She was 5th to La Molina in last year's Volta a Catalunya, but that's a hard one to gauge because she's losing a minute or so to Marianne Vos while still gaining time on Sarah Gigante and Évita Muzic.