Evenepoel abandons Tour de France
The Soudal-Quick Step rider, who was third overall, stepped off his bike and entered his team car midway through the ascent of the Col du Tourmalet, the first of four climbs on the day's menu.
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Reuters
2 hours ago
- Reuters
Ferrand-Prevot in yellow at Tour de France Femmes after stage eight win
SAVOIE, France, Aug 2 (Reuters) - France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma–Lease a Bike) powered to victory on the mountainous stage eight of the Tour de France Femmes on Saturday, dropping her rivals before the Col de la Madeleine summit to claim the yellow jersey on the eve of the finale. The 33-year-old, who won the Paris-Roubaix Femmes in April, attacked seven kilometres from the summit to overtake Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl–Trek) and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix–Deceuninck) before riding clear. She then crossed the line one minute 45 seconds ahead of Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance–Soudal), with Fisher‑Black in third two minutes 15 seconds behind. It was the third straight stage victory for France which capped an aggressive display from Ferrand-Prevot, who started the day 26 seconds off the general classification leader Kimberley Le Court Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal. Her win put her in the overall lead, with Gigante, two minutes 37 seconds adrift, the only general classification favourite still able to challenge her on the final 124.1km mountain ride from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel. Mauritian Le Court crashed on the descent from the Col du Frene with 63km remaining, briefly trailing the peloton by about a minute before resuming her chase. She rejoined later but the effort and the relentless climbing cost her dear in the general classification. Ferrand-Prevot, Paris Olympics gold medallist in cross-country mountain biking, will take her commanding lead into Sunday's final stage, aiming to become the first Frenchwoman to win the Tour de France Femmes.
BBC News
3 hours ago
- BBC News
Ferrand-Prevot wins penultimate stage to take lead
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot claimed the leader's yellow jersey on the penultimate stage of the Tour de France Femmes with a stunning victory on the spectacular Col de la carrying French hopes of a home champion, produced a devastating performance on this year's queen stage to replace Kim le Court at the top of the general classification standings before Sunday's eighth day of racing featured more than 3,500m of climbing, including the third-highest summit finish in the race's history at 2,000m above sea mountain bike champion Ferrand-Prevot was motivated to return to road racing after seven seasons away to win the yellow goal is now within reach after she crossed the line one minute and 45 seconds clear of Sarah Gigante, who moved up to second overall - two minutes and 37 seconds behind Vollering, the 2023 champion, moved up one place to third overall after crossing the line in fourth, behind Niamh Fisher-Black, as former leader Le Court dropped out of the top 10. The general classification competition was finely poised before Saturday's dramatic action, with the top five riders separated by just 35 Court, of team AG Insurance-Soudal, held a 26-second advantage over Visma-Lease a Bike's Ferrand-Prevot, while defending champion Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney and Vollering were both within 31 seconds of the Court suffered a crash on a descent and lost around one minute to the peloton earlier in the day, but managed to catch the main group with more than 45km to that recovery, rather than riding to protect the yellow jersey she claimed in winning stage five on Wednesday, Le Court pushed the pace on the Col de la Madeleine to set up an attack by team-mate Sarah Ferrand-Prevot was able to follow Gigante and launched a counter-attack to make her way to the front of the race 7km from the Fisher-Black and Yara Kastelijn remained from the day's breakaway and Ferrand-Prevot soon proved too strong as she powered clear to the a gruelling final ascent of the hors categorie Col de la Madeleine, lasting 18.6km at an average gradient of 8.1%, the 33-year-old, who rode to victory solo at Paris-Roubaix in April, put herself in a dominant position with one day of racing left. Sunday's concluding stage offers a final opportunity for the riders to improve their standing, with another mountainous 124.1km route from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel featuring more than 2,800m of ascent. Stage eight results Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) 3hrs 47mins 24secsSarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal) +1min 45secsNiamh Fisher-black (Nzl/Lidl-Trek) +2mins 15secsDemi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +3mins 3secsYara Kastelijn (Ned/Fenix–Deceuninck) +3mins 3secsCedrine Kerbaol (Fra/EF Education-Oatly) +3mins 18secsDominika Wlodarczyk (Pol/UAE Team ADQ) +3mins 22secsKatarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram-ZondaCrypto) +3mins 26secsPauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +3mins 38secsMarion Bunel (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +4mins 31secs General classification after stage eight Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) 26hrs 16mins 11secsSarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal) +2mins 37secsDemi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +3mins 18secsKatarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram-ZondaCrypto) +3mins 40secsCedrine Kerbaol (Fra/EF Education-Oatly) +4mins 11secsPauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +4mins 26secsDominika Wlodarczyk (Pol/UAE Team ADQ) +5mins 2secsNiamh Fisher-black (Nzl/Lidl-Trek) +5mins 52secsEvita Muzic (Fra/FDJ-Suez) +5mins 58secsJuliette Labous (Fra/FDJ-Suez) +7mins 14secs
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- The Guardian
Tour de France Femmes: Ferrand-Prévot closes on home glory after dazzling win
The Olympic mountain bike gold medallist Pauline-Ferrand Prévot took a commanding overall lead in the Tour de France Femmes after an extraordinary solo victory at the summit of the Col de la Madeleine. The 33-year-old from Reims crushed the hopes of the defending champion Kasia Niewiadoma and 2023 winner Demi Vollering on the steep, narrow road to the 2,000m mountain top, in the Haute Savoie region. The pivotal moment came 12 kilometres from the top of the Madeleine when the Australian climber Sarah Gigante pulled clear of the favourites, with Pauliena Rooijakkers and Ferrand-Prévot in pursuit. But the French rider benefited from her Visma-Lease-a-bike team's tactics, of having Marion Bunol in the early break, waiting ahead to pace her up the climb. The overnight leader Kim Le Court, Niewiadoma and Vollering were all cut adrift, as they had little or no response to Ferrand-Prévot's climbing speed. Ferrand-Prévot is now in pole position to become the first French cyclist to win the Tour de France since Bernard Hinault in 1985. But there is still more climbing to come. Sunday's stage to Chatel may not include as much elevation as the finish on the Madeleine, but the double whammy of the tortuous Col de Joux Plane and the final cruelty of the Col du Corbier will create further gaps. Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion Jeremy Whittle's full report to follow
