{"id":43137,"date":"2025-08-03T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43137\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T22:05:10","slug":"i-love-you-so-much-pauline-ferrand-prevot-celebrates-crazy-2025-tour-de-france-femmes-avec-zwift-win-as-she-praises-visma-lease-a-bike-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43137\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I love you so much’ – Pauline Ferrand-Prevot celebrates ‘crazy’ 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift win as she praises Visma-Lease a bike team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visma-Lease a bike rider Ferrand-Prevot won the last two stages of the race to claim a victory in the Grand Tour on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stage 9<\/a> saw her power up the final climb to Chatel to secure her triumph.<\/p>\n

Those two wins in the Alps helped her to a winning margin of over three and a half minutes, beating FDJ\u2013Suez rider Demi Vollering – seen by many as the pre-race favourite – who came in second.<\/p>\n

Third place on the podium was claimed by Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon\u2013SRAM zondacrypto), last year\u2019s champion.<\/p>\n

Ferrand-Prevot has world titles in both mountain biking and cyclo-cross, but this was the 33-year-old’s first win in a major multi-stage road race, though she also won the 2025 Paris-Roubaix in the run-up to the Tour.<\/p>\n

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Highlights: Ferrand-Prevot caps off historic Tour triumph with sublime Stage 9 win<\/p>\n

Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n

The win makes history, as she became the first French rider to win the relaunched Tour since it started in 2021. The last time a Frenchwoman won was Jeannie Longo in 1989.<\/p>\n

The win was even more remarkable because Ferrand-Prevot had not raced for more than 10 weeks after an injury forced her to abandon the Vuelta, and she turned to altitude training to prepare.<\/p>\n

Last year, she won the gold in the mountain bike XC event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in her home country.<\/p>\n

Speaking on stage after her victory on Sunday, she told the crowd that she had given herself three years to win the Tour.<\/p>\n

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\u2018I tried everything\u2019 \u2013 Vollering disappointed to miss out on stage win to Ferrand-Prevot<\/p>\n

Video credit: TNT Sports<\/p>\n

She said: “It’s just crazy, yeah. I came back on the road after my Olympic title. I said I would try to win the Tour de France in the next three years, and here I am.”<\/p>\n

Ferrand-Prevot also gave praise to her team and the squad of riders around her, who had supported her over the nine days of racing.<\/p>\n

She continued: “It was an amazing season with my team and with my team-mates, who worked super hard for me all week long.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I want to say thank you to them and congrats to my entire team. I love you so much girls, and thank you for everything.”<\/p>\n

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