Tour De France Femmes 2025: Stage Five Sets Longest Test Into Massif Central – Live

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The floor plan of shape five, betwixt Chasseneuil-du-Poitou and Guéret, looks ripe for a breakaway successful nan final: location are 3 categorised climbs wrong nan past 36km, 2 class fours and 1 class three, aft a comparatively level 130km aliases so.

However, nan location of nan day’s intermediate sprint, astatine Dun-le-Palestel aft 127km, whitethorn lead definite teams to effort and power nan title until then. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx–Protime), who leads nan greenish jersey standings after 2 shape wins successful 2 days, said yesterday she whitethorn effort to get successful breakaways to conflict for much points. But possibly Marianne Vos, nan wide leader and yellow-jersey wearer, and her Visma-Lease A Bike squad will lend a manus successful controlling things.

At 165.8km, this transitional shape is nan longest of this year’s race. It will beryllium absorbing to spot really fierce nan conflict to shape an early breakaway becomes, because location are already plentifulness of tired bodies successful nan peloton, pinch a fewer teams and riders hoping for a comparatively easy time pinch a non-threatening breakaway allowed up nan road.

This being nan Tour de France Femmes, though, it’ll astir apt beryllium flat-out each nan way.

Stage commencement time: 12.35pm UK/1.35pm local