Tour de France Femmes stage 9 LIVE – GC riders trade blows on Joux-Plane

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The GC group are 40″ down on Van der Breggen. Gigante is 49″ off the again of the GC group.

Van der Breggen is in Morzine with just a little kicker to come back for her earlier than the descent all the way down to the ultimate categorised climb of the Col du Corbier.

Gigante is 22″ off the again of the GC group.

50km to go

Van der Breggen has 45″ on the GC group then GIgante on her personal. Kerbaol is flying down the descent now however is at 3’23”.

Assault

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)

She is pushing her rivals very onerous on this extraordinarily technical descent.

Wlodarczyk and Labous have made it again into the GC group once more.

Labous and Gigante bought again on throughout just a little kicker however the Australian climber is instantly dropped as they go downhill once more.

QoM (Col de Joux-Aircraft)

1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 15pts
2. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez 12pts
3. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto 10pts
4. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) Lidl-Trek 8pts
5. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike 6pts
6. Sarah Gigante (AUS) AG Insurance coverage-Soudal 4pts
7. Dominika Wlodarczyk (POL) UAE Workforce ADQ 2pts
8. Juliette Labous (FRA) FDJ-Suez 1pt

Labous and Gigante dropped by GC group on the descent.

Niewiadoma-Phinney is absolutely pushing the tempo within the GC group now as Gigante is now shedding contact once more. Labous has been caught once more.

Assault

Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez)

The French rider sits in tenth total however has lots of time to tug again.

Assault!

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)

She goes with Niewiadoma-Phinney, Ferrand-Prevot and Fisher-Black in a position too observe with Gigante gapped momentarily. Nevertheless, the tempo slackens. Wlodarczyk and Labous get again in once more.

Vollering is absolutely pushing the tempo within the GC group however no-one is being troubled by it simply but.

Assault

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)

The Dutch rider goes however she will be able to’t distance anybody apart from Labous and Wlodarczyk.

Anna van der Breggen leads excessive of the Joux-Aircraft.

Kerbaol and Rooijakkers’ group are actually over three minutes behind the GC group.

Labous is doing an excellent journey on the entrance of the GC group. Simply protecting the tempo excessive and truly lowering the hole to Van der Breggen to 1’10” once more.

Kerbaol and Rooijakkers group are nearly two minutes behind the GC group now.

Assault

Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Workforce ADQ)

She s shortly closed down as Labous is distanced once more however she will get again in as soon as once more.

60km to go

Van der Breggen has 1’21” on the GC group who’ve simply been rejoined by Labous and Wlodarczyk who’re doing an excellent journey.

Gigante leads Ferrand-Prevot, Vollering, Niewiadoma-Phinney and Fisher-Black.

They’re 1’28” down on Van der Breggen who’s 4km from the highest of the Joux-Aircraft.

It was all about teamwork for Gigante yesterday to take 2nd on the stage and GC however at this time, after her crew labored onerous to get her again in after an early scare, she has been on her personal.

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Assault

Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal)

She goes once more to try to go clear earlier than the first rate and drops Labous and Wlodarczyk.

Van der Breggen is 5km from the highest of the Joux-Aircraft. She has 1’56” on the GC group and a pair of’37” on the Kerbaol group.

Glorious journey by Emilie Morier (St Michel-Desire House-Auber93) who’s within the Kerbaol, Rooijakkers group simply 40″ off the GC group.

The group of Rooijakkers and Malcotti is joined by the group of Kerbaol, Muzic and Vinke who’re 2’15” again from the chief and 34″ from the GC group.

Model is now working onerous for Fisher-Black within the GC group.

Abandon

Alba Teruel (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi)

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The tempo drops off considerably and sees Model get again on and instantly go on the assault. That prompts Labous to go to the entrance and shut her down once more.

GC group are 1’09” behind

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal)
Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinny (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)
Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek)
Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez)
Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Workforce ADQ)

Labous is now in issue in the back of the GC group.

Assault

Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal)
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (FRA) Visma-Lease a Bike)

That sees solely 5 riders capable of observe the highest 2 within the race.

Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) is ripping the GC group aside as Evita Muzic is distanced. She is closing into on Van der Breggen too.

Nienke Vinke (Picnic-PostNL) has been dropped by the peloton. The white jersey has a snug lead of just about 9 minutes over Julie Bego (Cofidis).

Squiban has been dropped from the peloton. Chabbey’s jersey is secure for now.

AG Insurance coverage-Soudal have closed the hole as much as Van der Breggen to 1’30”.

Simply 8 factors between Chabbey and Squiban within the QoM standings. Large factors out there on the high of the climb as effectively with 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 level(s) out there.

Crash!

Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Training-Oatly)
Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Training-Oatly)
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)

The latter did not correctly go down and is already again within the peloton. Kerbaol is about 40″ off the again.

AG Insurance coverage-Soudal come to the entrance of the peloton.

Some completely large crowds on the base of the Joux-Aircraft greeting Van der Breggen.

70km to go

Van der Breggen has just below two minutes on the peloton as they begin the monster HC climb of the 11.6km Col de Joux-Aircraft which has a median of 8.5%.

Intermediate dash (Morillon)

1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 25pts
2. Lorena Wiebes (NED) SD Worx-Protime 20pts
3. Amber Kraak (NED) FDJ-Suez 17pts
4. Mischa Bredewold (NED) SD Worx-Protime 15pts
5. Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Lidl-Trek 13pts

A big group joins the GC group together with Wiebes who shortly strikes to the entrance of the bunch and she or he takes the 20 factors in 2nd place within the intermediate dash. She timed catching the GC group completely.

Van der Breggen wins the intermediate dash in Morillon. Vollering might probably transfer into third on the factors standings if she takes 2nd however will she waste the vitality?

Gigante is within the GC group after the descent. A lot better from her this time. Simply 16 riders within the GC group who’re 1’46” behind Van der Breggen on the entrance of the race.

Assault

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)
Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Training-Oatly)

That may be very shortly closed down and that sees Muzic and Bauernfeind return to the entrance once more.

Bauernfeind is pushing on solo from the GC group to power FDJ-Suez to do extra chasing whereas making it appear to be she was working.

Bauernfeind main the GC group down the descent and instantly there’s a break up as some riders get caught behind Gigante who’s beginning to battle.

Ricarda Bauernfeind (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) joins Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) on the entrance of the GC group who’re 1’33” behind the lone chief, Van der Breggen.

Vollering tried to assist her teammate and QoM jersey Chabbey within the QoM dash towards Squiban however she was unable to outsprint the younger French rider.

Van der Breggen extends her lead over the GC group to 1’15” as Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek) rejoins the GC group.

QoM (Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse)

1. Anna van der Breggen (NED) SD Worx-Protime 10pts
2. Maeva Squiban (FRA) UAE Workforce ADQ 8pts
3. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez 6pts
4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike 4pts
5. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (POL) Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto 2pts

90km to go

Maeva Squiban has managed to bridge to the GC group and has an enormous alternative to take main factors within the QoM standings.

Simply 1km to the highest of the Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse climb. 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 level(s) out there however no-one actually concerned within the competitors are within the entrance of the race.

Labous continues to guide the GC group and managing the lad that Van der Breggen will get however it’s increasing to 40″.

Van der Breggen has 31″ over the GC group. A bunch of the white jersey, Vinke, is 1’12” down after which the Chabbey, Wiebes group is 1’37” down. A number of particular person riders within the gaps between the teams.

Assault

Guess who!

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)

She lastly goes solo as Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) begin to struggling within the GC group.

Chabbey has been dropped by the leaders. Wiebes and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) additionally dropped. Simply 17 riders on the entrance of the race.

Visma-Lease a Bike and AG Insurance coverage-Soudal did an ideal job to get Ferrand-Prevot and Gigante again into the peloton however their leaders are utterly remoted within the GC group on the entrance of the race.

Assault

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)
Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek)

The previous world champion assaults for the umpteenth time at this time however it’s being closed down by Labous main th GC group because the peloton is now completely tiny.

Assault

Mavi Garcia (Liv-AlUla-Jayco)
Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Training-Oatly)

They’re shortly dragged again. A number of riders within the GC struggle proper as much as the entrance of the peloton together with Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) and Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek).

Break is caught however Van der Breggen is shredding the peloton. Mavi Garcia (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) ups the tempo additional.

Assault

Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco)
Liane Lippert (Movistar)
Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Well being)
Anna van der Breggen (Visma-Lease a Bke)

A number of riders going out of the again of the peloton together with a number of from FDJ-Suez and Visma-Lease a Bike.

The temperature at this time is at present 24.7°c.

Onto the 6.2km class 1 climb of the Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse goes the race with a median gradient of seven.1%. The primary of three climbs that may resolve the QoM jersey.

Ferrand-Prevot and Gigante group make it again into the ploton once more. Panic over for now for Visma-Lease a Bike and AG Insurance coverage-Soudal.

100km to go

AG Insurance coverage-Soudal and Visma-Lease a Bike are working flat out to try to carry Ferrand-Prevot and Gigante again as FDJ-Suez and EF Training-Oatly work onerous to cease them.

Nevertheless, Justine Ghekiere and Kim Le Court docket of AG Insurance coverage-Soudal are slowing the group and interfering with the pacing.

Breakaway caught by the peloton with the yellow jersey group now 22″ off the again.

Gigante makes it again to the group that features Ferrand-Prevot and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck). This can be a nightmare begin for these three riders. Visma-Lease a Bike desperately chasing as they’re 25″ off the again of the principle peloton.

Polka dot jersey Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) and white jersey Nienke Vinke (Picnic-PostNL) are within the first break up of the peloton together with Kim Le Court docket (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal), Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez), Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto), Cedrine Kerbaol (EF Training-Oatly) and lots of different GC riders.

A number of riders have a niche off the entrance of the peloton as effectively together with Lorena Wiebes as SD Worx-Protime clearly have a really attacking plan at this time.

There was a break up within the peloton with Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) being the largest title caught out.

4 riders now lead with three of them being SD Worx-Protime riders.

A number of riders are struggling to observe on the quick descent all the way down to the valley ground as Model and Kopecky are near catching Van der Breggen and Gerritse.

Model and Kopecky are 5″ off Van der Breggen and Gerritse with the peloton 25″ again with 111km to go.

Counter assault

Lucinda Model (Lidl-Trek)
Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)

In the event that they bridge the 14″ hole to the leaders, there will probably be three SD Worx-Protime riders in a 4 rider break.

Van der Breggen and Gerritse have a niche of 14″ over the peloton.

Assault!

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime)
Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime)

4 different riders attempting to affix them then the chasing peloton.

The counter was too large and it has killed off the break with the peloton coming again collectively once more.

Counter assault

Marie Le Internet (FDJ-Suez)
Julie Bego (Cofidis)
Barbara Malcotti (Human Powered Well being)

They bridge to Wiebes as a number of different riders are attempting ti bridge together with the ever lively Franziska Koch (Picnic-PostNL) who has simply jumped throughout the hole.

Counter assault

Lucinda Model (Lidl-Trek), Henrietta Christie (EF Educaton-Oatly), Millie Couzens (Fenix-Deceuninck) and several other others attempt a counter transfer to affix Wiebes however they’re caught.

Wiebes has 8″ on the peloton as she tries to get to the intermediate dash and make sure her inexperienced jersey win. She is about 50km away from it.

124.1km to go

The riders begin the ultimate stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 with an assault coming instantly by Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime).

Puncture

Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime)

This may occasionally delay the beginning of the stage with 1km of impartial to go.

Impartial begin

The riders have began the neutralised zone of 2km with an enormous day for French biking forward. Successful the final three phases with Maeva Squiban (UAE Workforce ADQ) and Ferrand-Prévot in addition to 4 riders within the high 10 of GC.

Gigantic crowds welcomed Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) as she heads into the ultimate stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.

At the least two non-starters at this time. Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) has to go away the race regardless of making the time lower yesterday by simply 11″.

Brodie Chapman (UAE Workforce ADQ) is the opposite rider to go away the race. Her crew solely has 3 riders left. And, with Susanne Andersen (Uno-X Mobility) lacking the time lower yesterday that sees her crew down to only two riders and out of the crew classification.

It’s the last day on the Tour de France Femmes 2025 and the race is not over but. Check out our stage preview…

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Here is a take a look at the profile of at this time’s stage, taking the riders from Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel with a end on the uncategorised climb to the ski resort at Pré la Joux.

The principle issue of the day would be the hors catégorie Col de Joux Aircraft (11.6km at 8.5%), together with different difficult ascents within the class one climbs of the Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse (6.2km at 7.1%) and the Col du Corbier (5.9km at 8.5%).

With depleted vitality reserves amongst many squads within the peloton, few groups will look to manage the stage, which might current the proper alternative for a big breakaway to go up the street and take the victory.

Bonjour and welcome to our dwell updates of the ninth and last stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.