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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, here in Chatel, in August 2025.
Médias – Pauline Ferrand -Prévot is not the only winner of the last Tour de France women. The branches of France Télévisions broke a record of audiences since the return of the television event in 2022, reports RMC Sport.
The last stage, which led to the coronation of the Rémoise, Sunday August 3, was watched by 4.36 million curious people on France 2, with a peak at 7.7 million viewers at the time of the final victory of the French.
The day before, the race on the slopes of the Col de la Madeleine de Pauline Ferrand-Prévot had already recorded very good figures: 3.6 million viewers on average on France 2. They are in line with this edition started on wheels on July 26 with 2.24 million viewers. It is well above last year kick-off (1.51 million).
As emphasizes The Parisianthe scores remained beautiful all along: 2.83 million fans on Sunday, July 27, and between 1.73 and 1.98 million the following days during the week. The daily talks about a runaway on Friday August 1, since the Tour de France brought together 2.55 million supporters in the middle of the afternoon.
2.7 million on average
According to RMC Sport, the race brought together on average 2.7 million viewers each day for 31.6 % audience shares, ” A historical record there too Observe the station. It is on average 500,000 curious more than in previous editions. For comparison, the 2023 edition was so far that to have been the most followed. Its most watched stage? The penultimate with 2.8 million viewers on average.
On the men’s side, the most watched stage of the last Tour de France was that of July 14 between Ennezat and Mont-Dore with 5.4 million viewers on average, or 49.8 % of audience shares. The final has galvanized 5.21 million viewers.
Despite audiences that tend to join between men and women, the total amount of bonuses distributed during the Tour de France women was always clearly below that of the gentlemen. Assessed at 264,250 euros, according to Eurosport, it was almost ten times lower than that of the male tour.