The fourth Tour de France cycling women, won on Sunday August 3 by the Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease A Bike), was followed by 2.7 million viewers on average by step, announced its broadcaster on Monday, France Télévisions. This audience, which constitutes a “Historical record” For this competition, is “Over 500,000 viewers above” Hearings from the three previous editions of the competition relaunched in 2022, according to a press release from the Public Group, citing figures from Médiamétrie.
The same is true for the other indicator, the audience share (PDA, proportion of viewers who followed the event), which was 31.6 % on average by step (there were nine in all).
The last, on Sunday, was the most watched: it was followed by 4.4 million viewers on average (with a peak at 7.7 million), or 41.2 % of PDA. It is “Unheard of for a stage of the Tour de France women, more than ten points above the previous record”underlined France Télévisions.
Overall, 25.7 million viewers followed at least one minute from the Tour de France women 2025, “At the highest since the launch of the race in 2022”or 7.4 million more viewers than 2024.
By comparison, 45 million viewers had watched at least a minute from the Tour de France Men, won on July 27 by the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar. The most watched stage was that of July 14, with 5.4 million viewers on average (49.8 % audience shares). The hearing peak had been reached at 8.7 million viewers on July 27 during the last stage, with integration into the Montmartre Butte’s route before arrival in the Champs-Elysées.
