Maud Rijnbeek (VolkerWessels) is th♑e chaser and is slow꧙ly closing the gap to Tomasi.

VolkerWessels now se𝔍nding one of their riders on the atta♔ck to try and join Tomasi.

The lone attacker is Laura Tomasi of Laboral 🥂Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi.

78.8km to go

Immediatelyꦺ the attacks come from Laboral Kutxa꧋ launching first.

After the crash, Labous is changing her helmet.

Daniek Hengeveld (Ceratizit) is off the back and the last rider on the road. This means that the riders will stop at KM0 and it will be a sta🎃nding start.

Crash!

Several riders down including Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez). Everyone lo🌳♋oks to be back on their feet and waiting for bikes. We haven't reached kilometre zere yet.

Early mechanical fo꧟r Aude Biannic (Movis♔tar) in the neutral, this might delay the start.

Neutral start

The ridersܫ start the neutralised zone๊ and the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.

Five minutes from the start.

Pauline Ferrand-Pr𒐪evot (Visma-Lease a Bike) wi༒ll definitely be an interesting rider to watch at this race.

She came back to road racing with this race as her main focus, but is she capable to beat the likes of Vollering, Reusser, Niewiado🎃ma-Phinney, Van der Breggen and the rest in the GC fight?

🐼The stage today is meant to be short and sharp with just two hours of racing expected today.

Just over half an hour until the official race start but roughly 15 minutes to the n🔯eutral start in Vannes with huge crowds out to see the race.

Last year the race wasꦰ loaded with drama. Especially when the yellow jersey of Demi Vollering went down in a crash and saw her lose the jersey to eventual winner, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney.

Niewi🌟adoma-Phinney was pushed all the way by Vollering and held on by just 4" over Vollering and 10" over Pauliena Rooijakkers.

Today's stage is 78.8km long starting in Vannes and finishin🎃g with an uphill kicker to the line in Plumelec. The ride♉rs have already signed on and are ready to roll in this year's race starting in Brittany.

Bonjour and welcome to our live page for the opening stage of the 2025 T𒊎our de France Femmes.