French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt took a commanding lead at the women's Tour de France after launching a solo attack on the final climb of Saturday's penultimate stage. Last year’s event had the smallest winning margin in the history of the women’s and men’s races,

France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prevot powered to victory on the mountainous stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes, the Visma-Lease a Bike rider dropping her rivals before the Col de la Madeleine summit to claim the yellow jersey on the eve of the finale.

Team Visma Lease-A-Bike’s Pauline Ferrand-Prevot put down a dominant display in the queen stage of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes to take the stage win and yellow jersey before the final day on Sunday.