Refresh
The hole continues to develop because the break now have 3’44” on the bunch.
120km to go
Because the peloton’s hole to the leaders goes over 3 minutes, riders are busy calling for the staff vehicles as feeding is open for the day. The chasers are nearly to be caught by the bunch.
Brauße and Avoine appear to have given up as they’re now 2’30” from the leaders and simply 20″ from the peloton.
QoM (Côte de la Richardière)
Onto the 1.4km lengthy cat 4 climb of the Côte de la Richardière go the break as they now have nearly 3 minutes on the peloton.
The chasers are dropping but extra floor as their hole drifts out to over 2 minutes.
Brauße and Avoine have joined forces and are working collectively to shut the 1’40” hole to the 4 leaders. The peloton are actually 2’35” from the entrance and 55″ from the chasers.
The gaps develop because the main 4 riders have 1’20” over the primary chaser Franziska Brauße (Ceratizit) then 1’30” over Alison Avoine (St Michel-Desire Residence-Auber93) and a couple of’05” again to the peloton.
140km to go
There are a few chasers making an attempt to bridge to the main 4 riders. Aude Biannic (Movistar) is the closest at 55″ with one other simply in entrance of the peloton who’re simply over a minute again from the entrance of the race.
The counter transfer has been caught with the 4 leaders nonetheless lading the race by 30″ over the chasing bunch with 144km to go.
The chase of Vanpachtenbeke appears to be fading as she is now at 24″, simply off the entrance of the peloton that are at 30″ from the leaders.
Vanpachtenbeke is 14″ behind the leaders with the peloton now at 30″ with the break trying prefer it has lastly shaped.
Margot Vanpachtenbeke (VolkerWessels) is making an attempt to bridge throughout to the 4 leaders.
Confirmed riders with 17″ on the peloton:
4 riders now go on the assault.
150km to go
Brauße are joined by Marthe Truyen (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels) with a spot of 19″ on the peloton.
Assault!
The group grew with 12 riders however has now been caught by the peloton as soon as once more.
9 riders have a small hole on the peloton because the break continues to try to kind. Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) is concerned within the transfer.
The climate immediately is cloudy with the temperature at 22.4°c with very gentle, nearly non-existent, wind.
Now that Elisa Longo-Borghini has left the race there are 146 riders beginning the third stage.
Kraak dragged again and the combat begins over once more to kind the break.
Assault!
163.5km to go
Impartial Begin
Le Court docket begins immediately decked out head to toe in yellow because the Mauritian rider will get her and Africa’s massive second.
The GC is finely balanced going into immediately. If Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) takes any bonus seconds immediately then she is going to reclaim yellow from Kim Le Court docket (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) as they sit on the very same time in GC.
The riders are all signing on earlier than the beginning of the third stage in La Gacilly.
The riders will begin the neutralised zone in about 20 minutes time.
The most important information popping out this morning is that Italian champion and winner of the Giro d’Italia Ladies, Elisa Longo-Borghini (UAE Staff ADQ), has left the race as a consequence of gastrointestinal points.
Day three begins in La Gacilly and finishes in Angers after 163.5km of racing. The second longest stage of the race.
Bonjour and welcome to our reside web page for stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes 2025.
