The Women’s WorldTour: News, Updates, Chirps

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

Young Maeva Squiban (UAE) with a back to back win in S7 - what an attack and another solo victory. 

Kim fought like a beast and retains the yellow.

Ladies were hitting 90km/h on the last descent 😯 

[Eugene Oppelt]

I will definitely be watching tomorrow - it’s a summit finish on the very tough Col de la Madeleine, a high category climb 18.6km long with a brutal average gradient of 8.1%. 
Kim le Court Pienaar defended with what she describe as “the descent of my life” and will not be able to defend the leader’s jersey tomorrow, barring the miracle of a shortened mountain top finish.

It’ll be the day for the mountain goats - Gigante vs Squiban vs Nieuwadoma vs Vollering vs PFP, etc. And the stage also starts with the CAT1 climb. There’ll be no Pucks given. 🫠

[CARANXCycleMobile]

The Femmes Tour this year is more exciting than "Tour de Pogi" 😅 

How do you guys feel about it ?

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

6 hours ago, CARANXCycleMobile said:

The Femmes Tour this year is more exciting than "Tour de Pogi" 😅 

How do you guys feel about it ?

While I didn’t feel that TDF was Tour de Tadej, I am really enjoying watching the ladies. There’s a totally different ambience to the men’s race and watching them dig deep and get it done is very inspiring. 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

Also bearing in mind - they don’t have a rest day. They’ve been at it since the 26th. They will climb 17240m over 9 days.

And if it’s your time of the month (as it’s been for Kim), trust me, take your worst suffer fest day and multiply it by two and then climb 2000+m in summer conditions. Chapeaux! 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

This is going to be a helluva stage, they’re headed out now. Exciting! 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

Kim crash at ~64km, she’s fine, but now 3.44 behind 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

She’s damn well fighting, 1.44 behind the leader at the start of the Madeleine. 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

Somehow Kim’s still hanging on at the front of the yellow jersey group 1.51 behind the leader with 12.7km to go. Vollering hard on her tail in the group as well as P-P. 

Squiban was in the front group but now caught by yellow jersey group.  

Leading group is Fisher-Black, Muzic, Kastelijn

 

[Eugene Oppelt]

After personally calling every WorldTour team in 2024 for an opportunity and being given an opportunity with AG Insurance-Soudal, Kim is the massive surprise of the TdF Femmes. And after brave fighting in the Golden Fleece, she now succeeded, alongside her other teammate, to bridge  lead out Gigante to do the Spiderman speciality thing on the Col de la Madeleine. 
Also the first rider outside of Europe to win a stage at the TdF Femmes.

Take a bow. 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

PFP and Gigante digging deep and hunting down the leaders of Kastelign and Fisher-Black who have a 45” advantage with 9.4km to go 

Edited August 2, 2025 by RobynE 🚵‍♀️

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

Yoh. PFP masterclass for a solo victory. Daaaaamn girl.

Gigante 2nd, Vollering 4th. 

Kim still on her way in after a mammoth effort. 

Chapeaux to all; what a flippen climb. 

Edited August 2, 2025 by RobynE 🚵‍♀️

[Eugene Oppelt]

📸@jeredgruber

No doubt the WWT is on the up with the level of competition and more names popping up on the podiums

 Hard to see PFP losing yellow. It’s seemingly a race for 2 and 3 now on GC.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Anna’s attack - what beautiful racing 💣

[Eugene Oppelt]

Petite powerful Pauline, with that peculiar pedalling style. What a palmarés.

There’ll be a million tears of joy as it is her childhood dream to win the TdF.

📸 Getty Images

Edited August 3, 2025 by Eugene Oppelt

[NotSoBigBen]

On 8/2/2025 at 5:35 AM, CARANXCycleMobile said:

The Femmes Tour this year is more exciting than "Tour de Pogi" 😅 

How do you guys feel about it ?

Beyond any doubt!