Faraj Benlahoucine, media365, published on Saturday July 26, 2025 at 8:19 p.m.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot almost won the first stage of the Tour de France female in Plumelec. Too short, she took third place and it was her teammate Marianne Vos who won.
The day before the arrival on the Champs-Elysées of the Male Tour de France, the large female loop set out this Saturday on the side of Vannes. At the end of the 78.8 kilometers leading the competitors in Plumelec, the French public vibrated, believing until the very last meters at a first victory by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-lease a Bike) on the occasion of his first participation in the event. The one who trained in her wheel Marianne your suddenly started in the last kilometer, leaving everyone far behind. However, the slope finish combined with the power of Kim Le Court Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) forced Marianne Vos to get out of her den.
The Batavian wanted to leave the victory to her teammate but faced with the threat of the Mauritian, she placed an accelerator to keep the victory in the Visma-Lease A Bike training. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot started too far, however, she crossed the line in third position. In addition, she exploded the peloton because with the exception of Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon), the other participants reached the arrival with at least three seconds late.
Relying sick and package
Big favorite of this Tour de France, Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) therefore ranked 5th to three seconds from Marianne Vos. The latter who signed her 258th career victory will therefore take the yellow jersey this Sunday during the second stage between Brest and Quimper. “I find it hard to realize, we really run as a team. It’s amazing to have the yellow jersey ”welcomed the Dutch after the race. Less happy, Marlen Reusser (Movistar) fell. Sick for several days, the Swiss abandoned shortly later.
Announced as the largest half -vollering rival, Marlen Reusser did not reach the arrival of the first step unlike his teammate Liane Lippert, also taken in the same fall at a little less than 30 kilometers from Plumelec.