Tour de France Femmes
German hopes of hope falls
Updated on July 27, 2025 – 00:41 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The German cyclists experience a hard start at the Tour de France of women. Liane Lippert falls in the first stage.
Liane Lippert experiences an unfortunate start at Tour de France Femmes: the 27-year-old cyclist from Friedrichshafen, once a German road champion, got off in the first stage. Started as a favorite, she fell about 29 kilometers before the finish in a sharp curve and contracted an arm injury. For Lippert, an intervention in the fight for the top was no longer possible.
Marianne Vos from the Netherlands secured the daily victory and the yellow jersey in the sprint. The 38-year-old from Team Visma-Lease A Bike prevailed in front of Kimberley Pienaar from Mauritius from the Insurance-Soudal team and her French teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. The best German in the race over 78.8 hilly kilometers from Vannes to Plumelec in Brittany was Franziska Koch from Mettmann, who finished 48th, 1:23 minutes behind the winner.
Lippert, who scored two stage wins at the Giro d’Italia at the beginning of the month and had already celebrated a day’s success on the tour two years ago, ultimately reached 116th place with a deficit of 6:44 minutes. The 27-year-old from the Spanish Movistar team also lost her captain Marlen Reusser, who gave up during the race. The Swiss has suffered from stomach problems since the tour of Italy.
Even for Clara Koppenburg (Cofidis), the first stage was not as desired. Already during the neutral phase before the sharp start, she landed on the asphalt after she was rushed into a lane divider. Several drivers crashed over them.
Another hilly stage continues on Sunday. On the 110.4 kilometer course from Brest to Quimper, four ratings are on the program. The fourth edition of the women’s tour ends on August 3 in Châtel in the Alps. The day before, the royal stage stands up to the Col de Madeleine.