Confirmation of the yellow jersey following a victory in the second stage of the Tour de France Femmes on stage 9
Tour de France Femmes 2025: Final Stage Drama as Vollering Takes Yellow
The final stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 saw a thrilling battle for the yellow jersey, with Demi Vollering (FDJ – Suez) ultimately emerging victorious.
Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime) created a four-rider break early in the stage, but van der Breggen soon found herself dropped by the GC group. Vollering, on the other hand, went solo with a gap of 45" over the GC group, with Gigante on her own.
As the race approached the final categorised climb of the Col du Corbier, Gigante passed and dropped van der Breggen. Up front, the GC group had 1km to the top of the Col du Corbier.
Niewiadoma-Phinney helped Labous on the front of the GC group as she rode onto the podium of the race with Gigante continuing to lose time. Wlodarczyk and Labous made it back into the GC group again, but Gigante was struggling to keep up, eventually losing over 2 minutes on her rivals.
In the meantime, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) took an early lead in the stage attempt, but was caught by the GC group as they tackled the challenging climbs of the day. The main difficulty of the day was the hors catégorie Col de Joux Plane (11.6km at 8.5%), along with the category one climbs of the Côte d'Arâches-la-Frasse (6.2km at 7.1%) and the Col du Corbier (5.9km at 8.5%).
As the race reached its final kilometres, Vollering attacked, followed by Niewiadoma-Phinney, Ferrand-Prevot, and Fisher-Black. Gigante momentarily lost touch but eventually caught back up. In the end, it was Vollering who crossed the line first, securing an incredible victory and a first French win of the Tour de France since the 80s.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) finished the race in second place, 3 minutes 42 seconds behind Vollering, while Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto) was third, 4 minutes 09 seconds behind the winner. The top five was rounded out by Dominika Wlodarczyk and Niamh Fisher-Black.
Ferrand-Prévot also won the final stage (Stage 9) in Châtel. She is the first French winner of the Tour de France Femmes and the first French winner of the Tour de France since Bernard Hinault in 1985 for the men's race and Jeannie Longo in the 1989 women's Tour.
Other classification winners were Lorena Wiebes (green jersey, points classification), Elise Chabbey (polka-dot jersey, mountains classification), and Nienke Vinke (white jersey, best young rider). The team classification was won by FDJ–Suez.
The temperature during the stage was 24.7°c.
Sports enthusiasts cheered as the Tour de France Femmes reached its thrilling conclusion, with the final stage featuring intense competition for the yellow jersey. Demi Vollering's victory marked a significant milestone in French sports history, being the first French win of the Tour de France since the 1980s.
