Tour de France Femmes 2025: stage nine concludes in the mountains at Châtel – live

102km to go: Ferrand-Prévot has been distanced! She’s in a group that’s 40secs behind the peloton. The breakaway are only 19secs ahead.

105km to go: Kopecky and Brand have made it across, so, along with Gerritse and van der Breggen, there are now three SD Worx-Protime riders in the breakaway. Van der Breggen is 12th placed on GC and is 9mins 25secs behind Ferrand-Prévot, so perhaps she’s hoping for a stage win as that’s too much time to make up for the yellow jersey.

111km to go: Gerritse and van der Breggen have been working together in the break and have managed a slim 23sec gap from the peloton. Brand (Lidl-Trek) and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) are coming up the road to join them.

Chloé Dygert (Canyon/SRAM zondacrypto) and Brodie Chapman (UAE Team ADQ) did not start stage nine so are withdrawn from the race. I haven’t seen a reason given yet but will update when I hear more.

120km to go: Wiebes’ group have been caught by the peloton. The riders are birefly back together before Femke Gerritse and Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) attack!

122km to go: Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) surges forward but her move is followed by the peloton. Wiebes is 20secs ahead and Julie Bego (Cofidis), Sarah Van Dam (Ceratizit Pro Cycling) and Marie Le Net (FDJ-Suez) bridge across to join her.

124km to go: Marion Rousse has waved the flag and racing is officially under way! Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) is straight off.

Stage nine of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 is under way. The peloton have rolled out from Praz-sur-Arly. There’s a short 2 km neutralised section before the racing begins.

Here is another description of today’s stage, this time via the Tour race centre:

The ninth and final stage begins with a long descent, promising sparks from the first kilometres. Three major climbs will then provide further fireworks on this 124.1km Haute-Savoie course: the Côte d’Arâches-la-Frasse (category one, 6.2km at 7.1%), the Col de Joux Plane (Hors Categorie, 11.6km at 8.5%), and the Col du Corbier (category one, 5.9km at 8.5%).

Of course, Joux Plane is the biggest challenge with its gradient that sometimes reaches 11%. At the summit, there are still 58km and the Corbier to cover, the summit of which will still be quite a long way from the finish (29km). The finale takes the form of an interminable uphill false flat littered with delicious changes in slope. The slightest failure will be dearly paid for.

The important role of teammates promises to be crucial. The game of pawns placed in the breakaway could be decisive as the finish approaches. So many scenarios could play out. The race is still far from over.

And who’s wearing which jersey:

• Yellow jersey: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), 26hrs 16mins 11secs

• Green jersey: Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), 210pts

• Polka dot jersey: Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez), 44pts

• White jersey: Nienke Vinke (Picnic-PostNL), 26hrs 39mins 50secs

Here’s a reminder of the top ten on GC after stage eight:

1. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), 26hrs 16mins 11secs

2. Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), +2mins 37secs

3. Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), +3mins 18secs

4. Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon/SRAM), +3mins 40secs

5. Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly), +4mins 11secs

6. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck), +4mins 26secs

7. Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ), +5mins 2secs

8. Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek), +5mins 52secs

9. Évita Muzic (FDJ-Suez), +5mins 58secs

10. Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez), +7mins 14secs

Here is the route profile of stage nine of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift:

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.

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: