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Here’s a reminder of the top ten on GC after stage eight:
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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), 26hrs 16mins 11secs
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Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), +2mins 37secs
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Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), +3mins 18secs
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Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon/SRAM), +3mins 40secs
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Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly), +4mins 11secs
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Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck), +4mins 26secs
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Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ), +5mins 2secs
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Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek), +5mins 52secs
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Évita Muzic (FDJ-Suez), +5mins 58secs
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Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez), +7mins 14secs
1.49pm BST
Here is the route profile of stage nine of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift:
1.43pm BST
Stage nine: Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel, 124km
Here’s a look at today’s stage, Sunday 3 August: Praz-sur-Arly to Châtel, 124.1km, with the race director of the Tour de France Femmes, Marion Rousse:
This “100% Haute-Savoie” finale offers a good opportunity for those riders who are behind in the standings to try to turn things around. The action will begin on the Côte Arâches-la-Frasse (6.2km at 7.1%) and continue, of course, on the Joux Plane (11.6km at 8.5%) and then on the Col du Corbier (5.9km at 8.5%). The climb towards the finish, at Pré la Joux, is steep as it passes through Châtel on the leg-breaking Route de la Bechigne.
1.37pm BST
Preamble
It’s the final day of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025! Today, the riders will face a 124.1km mountain stage with 2,820m of elevation gain. It’s a relentless parcours with two category one climbs and a Hors catégorie climb – the most difficult type of climb in a race. With the background of the Haute-Savoie region, we can look forward to an action-packed day for the peloton with beautiful alpine landscapes.
After Pauline Ferrand-Prévot shook up the GC rankings yesterday, it will be interesting to see if the French rider can hang on to the yellow jersey or if the next closely ranked in the classification, Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) or Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon/SRAM) pull of a big move. Second placed Gigante is 2mins 37secs behind, so she’d have to crack Ferrand-Prévot. As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts, pedictions and questions for this stage. You can email me via the link at the top of the page.
Today’s action will kick off at 3.20pm CET/2.20pm BST. Here is Jeremy Whittle’s stage eight race report from Saint-François Longchamp:
Updated at 1.53pm BST
