The Spaniard Mavi Garcia wins the 2nd stage after a solo over ten kilometers. Marianne Vos surprisingly loses the yellow jersey to Kimberley Le Court Pienaar. The German Liane Lippert reached the finish line after her fall at the first stage yesterday and thus in front of Kasia Niewiadoma and Demi full ring. Charlotte Kool leaves the Tour de France Femmes before the start of the stage.
A bold decision 10.6 kilometers before the finish gave Mavi Garcia from the Liv-Alula-Jayco team. The driver from Mallorca tried her luck and drove the peloton away a few kilometers before the finish line. She was able to hold her small lead, which was around 10 to 15 seconds, until the end. That was enough for her to win EttaPen.
Big surprise with the yellow jersey
For the woman in yellow there was a big surprise after the finish. The Dutchman surprisingly does not retain the yellow jersey. Since Kimberley Le Court Pienaar and Marianne Vos were the same in the overall classification, their placement decides.
Le Court Pienaar won second place on the first stage of the stage, in this stage second place, in this stage in third place. Marianne Vos was the first at the first stage, but became fifth on this stage. This shows that Le Court Pienaar will take over the yellow jersey at the third stage on Monday (28.07.2025).
Liane Lippert as a fourth in the target sprint
The German hope wearer Liane Lippert, who had fallen yesterday, stayed in the front field near Lorena Wiebes, Marianne Vos, Demi full of ring and Kasia Niewiadoma. She was ahead 600 meters in front of the finish line. A little later, the Friedrichshafener was pushed back by Lorena Wiebes, who crossed the second.
Sprint points for Franziska Koch
The German driver Franziska Koch won the intermediate sprint after 45.6 kilometers. She and the French Aude Biannic from the Movistar team set off from the main field after just eight kilometers. After 14 kilometers in this duo, the two meanwhile had a distance of 1:25 minutes to the peloton. Franziska Koch and Aude Biannic did not get a real sprint for the points. Franziska Koch was the first to secure 25 points in the sprint rating.
When the peloton came near the sprint rating, Marianne Vos opened the sprint. The Dutchman Lorena Wiebes passed the 38-year-old and secured 17 points.
Elise Chabbey Stark on the mountain
Immediately after the intermediate sprint, the climb to Menez Quelerc’h began the first mountain ranking of this stage. The climb went three kilometers at an average of 6.2 percent. In the end, the Dutchman Silke Smulders from the LIV-Alula-Jayco team scored three points on the mountain. Elise Chabbey, the wearer of the mountain jerseys, was right behind her and scored two points. The two drivers led the peloton as a top duo. Franziska Koch and Aude Bianic had been overtaken on the mountain.
Exactly 20 kilometers later the next mountain ranking came to the Côte de Locronan. There was a short, steep climb: 800 meters at an average of 8.9 percent. Here, too, Elise Chabbey and Silke Smulders fought a sprint. This time Elise won Chabbey and won two points in the mountain in the category, Smulders got one point.
Then it went on a tour, as the day before. At the Côte du Chemin de Trohéir, the drivers were therefore able to collect twice points. Because they had to conquer this increase twice. 1.1km at a 5.7 percent slope is the increase to the Côte du Chemin de Trohéir Lang. In the first round, Elise Chabbey won the two points on the mountain after a short sprint, in the second round she was second. The Spaniard Mavi Garcia won the two points in this round. Elise Chabbey keeps the dotted jersey even at stage 3.
Zeitzuchrift also for Elise Chabbey
After 87.5 kilometers there was a bonus print. This enabled the drivers to secure their time credit for up to six seconds. The first at the Bonussprint was Elise Chabbey, the second, who received four seconds of time credit, was Maeve Squiban and the third Silke Smulders.
Charlotte Kool no longer on tour
Charlotte Kool left this year’s Tour de France Femmes before the start of the second stage. The Dutchman was the sprint captain of the team Picnic-Postnl. A week before the tour of the tour, she fell violently on the Baloise Ladies Tour on the last stage. On the first stage of this year’s Tour de France Femmes, she felt the aftermath of her fall.
Charlotte Kool has to get out of the Tour de France Femmes 2025
Kool won the first two stages of the tour last year. According to Marlen Reusser, she is the second driver who leaves this year’s tour. According to the stage two, 152 of the initially 154 drivers are there.
The route of the second stage
The second stage from the port city of Brest to Quimper in Brittany had a profile similar to the first stage on Saturday. It was a hilly stage, which this time there were three mountains of category four and one in category three. There was also a bonus print after 87.5 kilometers. The drivers had the chance to win a time credit for themselves.