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Vos claims Tour de France Femmes yellow jersey in dramatic opening stage

  • Vos wins stage one after teammate Ferrand-Prévot tires

  • Marlen Reusser out of race after crash in Brittany

Marianne Vos claimed victory on the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes – and the overall leader’s yellow jersey – after a dramatic finale in Plumelec.

Vos’s Visma Lease a bike teammate, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, had looked set to take the stage on home soil after making a late break for the finish. The French rider ran out of steam, however, and Vos overtook her teammate with Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) threatening to grab victory and the maillot jaune instead.

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