Vos Claims Tour De France Femmes Yellow Jersey In Dramatic Opening Stage

Marianne Vos claimed triumph connected nan opening shape of nan 2025 Tour de France Femmes – and nan wide leader’s yellowish jersey – aft a melodramatic finale successful Plumelec.

Vos’s Visma Lease a motorcycle teammate, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, had looked group to return nan shape connected location ungraded aft making a precocious break for nan finish. The French rider ran retired of steam, however, and Vos overtook her teammate pinch Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) threatening to drawback triumph and nan maillot jaune instead.

“I didn’t now if Pauline was still hanging [on] successful nan finish, but successful nan extremity I sprinted a spot pinch Kim,” Vos said, praising her teammate’s effort connected nan hilly 48.9-mile way from Vannes. “I’m really grateful to nan squad and to Pauline,” she added.

The defending champion, Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Zondacrypto) came fourth, 10 seconds down Vos. Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) – who mislaid nan wide title by 4 seconds successful past year’s title – vanished 5th successful Brittany, 13 seconds disconnected nan lead.

Marlen Reusser (Movistar), considered a contender successful nan wide classification race, withdrew aft crashing astatine nan ft of nan Côte de Cadoudal climb. The Swiss rider, who finished 2nd to Elisa Longo Borghini astatine nan caller Giro d’Italia Women, was 1 of astir 10 riders caught successful nan clang immoderate 30km from nan decorativeness line.

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi (Picnic-PostNL) vanished successful 10th place, 19 seconds down Vos. The title stays successful Brittany for Sunday’s 2nd stage, pinch a hilly 110.4km thrust from nan larboard metropolis of Brest to Quimper.