Tour de France Femmes stage 3 LIVE – Break gap being reduced as peloton prepare for sprint

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2025-07-28T15:39:09.970Z

Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx-Protime wins stage three of the Tour de France Femmes 2025 in a carnage filled finish in Angers.

2025-07-28T15:38:07.068Z

500 metres to go and Marie Le Net leads for Wollaston.

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Flamme Rouge!

Visma-Lease a Bike challenge SD Worx-Protime on the front as Vos looks to challenge Wiebes with Imogen Wolff leading the way. Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez) is also ready and waiting.

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2km to go and Anna van der Breggen leads what is left of the peloton for Wiebes who is getting the full magic carpet ride to the finish.

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Crash!

Chlose Dygert
Demi Vollering
Elisa Balsamo
Letizia Paternoster
Puck Pieterse

And many others down. Inside the 5km to go protocol so no time lost but Vollering is still down on the road.

2025-07-28T15:34:26.531Z

4km to go and Lidl-Trek is moving up for Elisa Balsamo. Visma-Lease a Bike working for Marianne Vos. Wiebes only has one rider but that rider is Kopecky, could be worse.

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5km to go

Into the final 5km and FDJ-Suez, Visma-Lease a Bike and Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto lead.

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Breakaway caught

Blanka Vas makes the catch of the break and the peloton is all together for the final 6km.

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Jackson and Martin attack back up to Soto but the peloton is now rapidly gaining.

2025-07-28T15:30:37.436Z

Soto now has fully dropped Martin and Jackson but she only has 20″ on the peloton.

2025-07-28T15:29:48.443Z

Latimier has been caught by the peloton.

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Now Soto tries and she gets a small gap and goes clear. The Chilean national champion has done the least turns on the front of the break and it is showing as she picks a perfect point to launch.

2025-07-28T15:28:34.086Z

Once again, Jackson launches again. Soto and Martin are able to follow and Martin launches over the top.

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Attack in break!

Jackson goes all out and even gaps Martin momentarily. Soto looking extremely smooth in the wheel of the Canadian champion.

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10km to go

Just 32″ now split the break and the peloton.

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Attack in break!

Martin launches with Jackson and Soto follow with Latimier losing touch. She isn’t giving up, though.

2025-07-28T15:23:00.862Z

Several teams are now battling with SD Worx-Protime with Uno-X Mobility, FDJ-Suez and Liv-AlUla-Jayco being the most keen to lead the bunch.

2025-07-28T15:17:50.970Z

SD Worx-Protime take full control of the peloton with 18km to go and this is really reducing the gap up to the break. Has anyone in the break been saving something for a late movre to try and take glory?

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20km to go

The gap has dipped inside a minute. The peloton are now just 48″ behind the breakaway of Jackson, Soto, Latimer and Martin.

2025-07-28T15:09:29.515Z

Dygert returns to the front with her Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto leader, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, on her wheel. All the biggest names are very keen to keep safe.

2025-07-28T15:07:47.406Z

Lotte Kopecky with her SD Worx-Protime leader, Lorena Wiebes, come to the front of the peloton as the bunch go through a very technical section. All the big GC and sprint names are close to the front, though.

Just under 25km remains and the gap to the quartet has decreased even further to 1’19” as 🇧🇪 @LotteKopecky paces the peloton. Il reste un peu moins de 25 km et l’écart avec le quatuor s’est encore réduit à 1’19”, alors que 🇧🇪 @LotteKopecky mène le peloton.#TDFF2025 |… pic.twitter.com/cgOkGjUE2gJuly 28, 2025

2025-07-28T15:06:28.742Z

Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) working hard for her team on the front of the peloton.

2025-07-28T15:03:24.433Z

Vollering’s move was a strange one. She did stretch the bunch out and cause some chaos but she didn’t get away for long.

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30km to go

Just 2 minutes between the breakaway and the peloton.

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Clara Koppenburg and Victoire Berteau of Cofidis are the last riders on the road. They are over 2 minutes back from the peloton.

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Uno-X Mobility’s sprinter, Linda Zanetti, was caught out in the crash as well and is out of the back at the moment but thy are fighting their way back.

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The peloton has now split with several trying to get back to the main peloton including Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Liane Lippert (Movistar).

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Gladys Verhulst-Wild is the AG Insurance-Soudal rider down. Eugenia Bujak (Cofidis) was another down.

💥Crash in the peloton. Most riders get back up immediately but 🇸🇰 @EugeniaBujak and a rider from 🇫🇷@WinspaceCycling take their time to regain composure before getting back on the bike. 💥Chute dans le peloton. La plupart des coureuses se relève immédiatement, mais 🇸🇰… pic.twitter.com/NBzusHJfpSJuly 28, 2025

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Crash!

Uno-X Mobility, AG Insurance-Soudal, Winspace-Orange-Seal and others have riders down.

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Attack!

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez)

The former winner and last year’s runner up launches straight after the intermediate sprint and splits the bunch with several riders getting dropped from the back.

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Intermediate Sprint (Vern-d’Anjou)

1. Alison Jackson (CAN) EF Education-Oatly 25pts
2. Catalina Soto (CHL) Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 20pts
3. Sara Martin (ESP) Movistar 17pts
4. Clemence Latimer (FRA) Arkea-B&B Hotels 15pts
5. Lorena Wiebes (NED) SD Worx-Protime 13pts
6. Marianne Vos (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike 11pts
7. Demi Vollering (NED) FDJ-Suez 10pts

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Just over two and a half minutes between the breakaway and the peloton.

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2025-07-28T14:32:34.917Z

Just 10km to the intermediate sprint. The gap to the four leaders is down to 2’30”. It is unlikely that the peloton will catch the break but they are trying.

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60km to go

The gap drops below 3 minutes for the first time in a very long time. 20km to the intermediate sprint.

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Interestingly, Marianne Vos is said to be out of the back with her teammate, Eva van Agt. No information as to what has happened but they are about 30″ behind the peloton but are working their way through the cars.

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80km to go

The break now have 3’23” gap on the pack with 40km to go until the intermediate sprint.

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The whole of SD Worx-Protime are setting the pace in the bunch with 3’36” up to the four rider break.

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It has been an excellent effort by this leading quad of riders but their gap is slowly decreasing to the peloton.

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2025-07-28T13:26:08.493Z

Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) is the rider setting the tempo in the peloton. The gap is still hovering just below 4 minutes between the pack and the break.

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100km to go

The gap up to the four leaders dips under 4 minutes. Just over 60km to the intermediate sprint.

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The race is changing as the race into the second third of the stage.

🏁108KM 🚴‍♂️4⃣ < 4’33 < 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ 🚗🇩🇪 Franziska Brausse and 🇫🇷 Alison Avoine did not manage to reach the breakaway and have been caught by the peloton. Our leading quartet now have a 4′ gap.🇩🇪 Franziska Brausse et 🇫🇷 Alison Avoine n’ont pas réussi à rejoindre l’échappée et ont… pic.twitter.com/eXPZ3k3Go5July 28, 2025

2025-07-28T13:16:54.104Z

SD Worx-Protime are setting the higher tempo on the front of the peloton for Lorena Wiebes.

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The peloton are finally starting to work their way into the breakaway advantage. The maximum gap was 4’45” but now it has dropped down to 4’08”.

2025-07-28T13:09:06.248Z

Morgane Coston (Roland) and Valentina Cavallar (Arkea-B&B Hotels) were others to hit the deck but are back riding.

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Crash!

Riders from Visma-Lease a Bike, Arkea-B&B Hotels, Roland among others. Marion Bunel (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ) went down but both back riding again.

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110km to go

Jackson, Latimer, Soto and Martin are clearly working very well together as the gap is now 4’11” over the peloton.

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The gap continues to grow as the break now have 3’44” on the bunch.

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120km to go

Avoine and Brauße get caught by the peloton.

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As the peloton’s gap to the leaders goes over 3 minutes, riders are busy calling for the team cars as feeding is open for the day. The chasers are just about to be caught by the bunch.

2025-07-28T12:45:35.062Z

Brauße and Avoine seem to have given up as they are now 2’30” from the leaders and just 20″ from the peloton.

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QoM (Côte de la Richardière)

1. Alison Jackson (CAN) EF Education-Oatly 2pts
2. Sara Martin (ESP) Movistar 1pt

🏁 129 km⛰ Côte de la Richardière (cat. 4) ⛰1️⃣ 🇨🇦 Alison Jackson, 2 pts2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Sara Martin, 1 pt⚪️🔴 Les deux coureuses font leur entrée dans le classement.#TDFF2024 #WatchTheFemmes@GoZwiftJuly 28, 2025

2025-07-28T12:41:34.632Z

Onto the 1.4km long cat 4 climb of the Côte de la Richardière go the break as they now have almost 3 minutes on the peloton.

2025-07-28T12:40:51.804Z

The chasers are losing yet more ground as their gap drifts out to over 2 minutes.

2025-07-28T12:40:08.849Z

Brauße and Avoine have joined forces and are working together to close the 1’40” gap to the four leaders. The peloton are now 2’35” from the front and 55″ from the chasers.

2025-07-28T12:35:38.376Z

The gaps grow as the leading four riders have 1’20” over the first chaser Franziska Brauße (Ceratizit) then 1’30” over Alison Avoine (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93) and 2’05” back to the peloton.

🏁 136 km – #TDFF2025 4️⃣ leaders |1’05” 🇩🇪 Franziska Brausse |1’20” 🇫🇷 Alison Avoine |1’45” 🚗🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️#WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/Lh2gI45HFJJuly 28, 2025

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140km to go

Just 10km until the top of the only QoM sprint of the day on the Côte de la Richardière with just 2 and 1 point(s) available.

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There are a couple of chasers trying to bridge to the leading four riders. Aude Biannic (Movistar) is the closest at 55″ with another just in front of the peloton who are just over a minute back from the front of the race.

2025-07-28T12:21:14.356Z

The counter move has been caught with the four leaders still lading the race by 30″ over the chasing bunch with 144km to go.

2025-07-28T12:20:19.749Z

The chase of Vanpachtenbeke seems to be fading as she is now at 24″, just off the front of the peloton which are at 30″ from the leaders.

2025-07-28T12:18:50.944Z

Vanpachtenbeke is 14″ behind the leaders with the peloton now at 30″ with the break looking like it has finally formed.

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Margot Vanpachtenbeke (VolkerWessels) is trying to bridge across to the four leaders.

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Confirmed riders with 17″ on the peloton:

Alison Jackson (EF Education-Oatly)
Clemence Latimer (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
Sara Martin (Movistar)
Catalina Soto (Labora Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi)

Martin is the Spanish champion, Soto is the Chilean champion and Jackson is the Canadian champion. Only Latimer is not the national champion of her nation.

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Four riders now go on the attack.

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150km to go

Break caught yet again. The peloton are now having a bit of a lull before the new attacks inevitably come.

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Brauße are joined by Marthe Truyen (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels) with a gap of 19″ on the peloton.

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Attack!

Franziska Brauße (Ceratizit)

The German rider launches with multiple riders attempting to join her.

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The group grew with 12 riders but has now been caught by the peloton once again.

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Nine riders have a small gap on the peloton as the break continues to try and form. Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) is involved in the move.

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The weather today is cloudy with the temperature at 22.4°c with very light, almost non-existent, wind.

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Now that Elisa Longo-Borghini has left the race there are 146 riders starting the third stage.

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Kraak dragged back and the fight starts over again to form the break.

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Attack!

Amber Kraak (FDJ-Suez)

The breakaway specialist and powerhouse rider goes on an early solo move.

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163.5km to go

The official start has been given and racing begins with multiple attacks coming from the flag drop.

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Neutral Start

The riders have rolled out of the start and are now riding the neutralised zone.

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Le Court starts today decked out head to toe in yellow as the Mauritian rider gets her and Africa’s big moment.

💛💛💛 “And it was all yellow”. 🇲🇺 @KimLeCourt head to toe in @MaillotjauneLCL 😍💛💛💛 🇲🇺 @KimLeCourt Toute de jaune vêtue #TDFF2025 | #WatchTheFemmes | @gozwift pic.twitter.com/g4QtqDkBWaJuly 28, 2025

2025-07-28T11:38:18.808Z

The GC is finely balanced going into today. If Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) takes any bonus seconds today then she will reclaim yellow from Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) as they sit on the exact same time in GC.

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), the most likely candidate to win today and take the 10″ bonus, could jump up to joint 4th in GC with those bonuses and give herself the chance of taking yellow tomorrow.

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The riders are all signing on before the start of the third stage in La Gacilly.

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2025-07-28T11:27:08.710Z

The riders will start the neutralised zone in about 20 minutes time.

2025-07-28T11:16:51.944Z

The major news coming out this morning is that Italian champion and winner of the Giro d’Italia Women, Elisa Longo-Borghini (UAE Team ADQ), has left the race due to gastrointestinal issues.

>>> Elisa Longo Borghini abandons Tour de France Femmes

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2025-07-28T11:14:42.094Z

Day three starts in La Gacilly and finishes in Angers after 163.5km of racing. The second longest stage of the race.

There is just one mountain sprint today, the category 4 Côte de la Richardière, which comes after 34km of racing. The intermediate sprint comes much later after 123km of racing in Vern-d’Anjou.

2025-07-23T20:47:25.884Z

Bonjour and welcome to our live page for stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.