{"id":40353,"date":"2025-08-01T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40353\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:03:07","slug":"tour-de-france-femmes-col-de-la-madeleine-to-decide-gc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/40353\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France Femmes: Col de la Madeleine to decide GC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 Tour de France Femmes reaches its defining moment Saturday with Stage 8 \u2014 a 112-km mountain test from Chamb\u00e9ry to Saint-Fran\u00e7ois-Longchamp, finishing atop the storied Col de la Madeleine.<\/p>\n

With just seconds separating the top contenders, the yellow jersey remains very much in play. Kim Le Co<\/a>urt (AG Insurance\u2013Soudal) has fought tenaciously to defend her lead, but Saturday\u2019s summit finish will be a different kind of battle \u2014 one for the pure climbers. Expect attacks from the likes of Demi Vollering (FDJ\u2013Suez), Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot (Visma\u2013Lease a Bike) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon\/\/SRAM), all of whom are within striking distance.<\/p>\n

Stage 8, a doozy<\/p>\n

The route includes two classified climbs before the final ascent: the Col de Plainpalais (13.2 km at 6.3 per cent) and the C\u00f4te de Saint-Georges-d\u2019Hurti\u00e8res. But it\u2019s the Madeleine \u2014 18.6 km at an unforgiving 8.1 per cent \u2014 that will determine who can hang on, and who gets dropped.<\/p>\n

Riders will face over 3,500 metres of vertical gain. After a week of heat and attrition, Saturday\u2019s stage will reward tactical patience, strong legs and good teammates. The GC contenders must show their cards now \u2014 there\u2019s no hiding on the Madeleine.<\/p>\n

There are five Canadians racing, but on Saturday, Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res (EF Education\u2013Oatly) and Nadia Gontova (Winspace\u2013Orange Seal) may be the country\u2019s best bets to be in the mix. These two pros love the climbs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be an epic day, sports fans.<\/p>\n

You can watch all the action go down \u2014 and it\u2019s going to be a good one \u2014 on FloBikes.com<\/a>. Missed it because you were out riding? We\u2019ve got you covered. Canadian Cycling Magazine will have a race report and post-stage analysis ready for you to peruse.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go! This weekend will be packed with world-class pro cycling. Plan your day, watch the Tour de France Femmes, then hit the road. If it\u2019s anything like last year, you\u2019ll be glued to the screen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 Tour de France Femmes reaches its defining moment Saturday with Stage 8 \u2014 a 112-km mountain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[24406,49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-40353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-2025-tour-de-france-femmes","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}