Tour De France Femmes 2025: Stage Seven Tackles Col Du Granier And More – Live

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Here is nan way floor plan of stage seven of nan Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift:

Stage seven: Bourg-en-Bresse to Chambéry, 160km

Here’s a look astatine today’s stage, Friday 1 August: Bourg-en-Bresse to Chambéry, 159.7km, pinch nan title head of nan Tour de France Femmes, Marion Rousse:

From nan magnificent monastery astatine Brou, nan title will commencement connected level roads connected nan separator of nan Dombes and nan Ain plain. The riders will skim past nan Glandieu waterfall earlier uncovering their gait checked by nan Saint-Franc climb. After passing done Les Échelles and nan Guiers Vif gorges, they will caput for nan Col du Granier (8.9km astatine 5.4%). The dive into nan finish, located successful beforehand of nan Chambéry Savoie Stadium, is apt to beryllium accelerated and technical.

Preamble

After yesterday’s upland stage, there’s a hilly parcours for nan riders today, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to beryllium an easy time for them. The fatigue is building and location are 2 much upland days earlier nan Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift culminates successful Châtel this Sunday. Stage 7 besides brings america nan first time successful nan Alps of this year’s Tour de France Femmes.

Today’s shape will return nan peloton complete almost 160km of roads, pinch three categorised climbs loaded into nan 2nd half. After reaching nan acme of nan last climb, nan Col du Granier (8.9km averaging 5.4%), those battling for nan shape triumph will swoop down a accelerated and method descent into Chambéry. GC contenders will want to position themselves good to either summation clip aliases not suffer it. Those that are peculiarly adept astatine descending, specified arsenic Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon/SRAM), whitethorn good besides person their oculus connected nan shape win. Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) and Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) are besides riders that relish a fast, method upland descent. But don’t return your eyes disconnected nan maillot jaune, Kim Le Court Pienaar, who is looking peculiarly strong, not to mention her intimately placed competitors, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez).

The rollout will statesman astatine 1.30pm CET/12.30pm BST, truthful instrumentality pinch america for unrecorded updates of nan racing.

If you want to drawback up connected yesterday’s lively shape and Maëva Squiban’s (UAE Team ADQ) cleanable attack, present is Jeremy Whittle’s study from Ambert: