Overview

• Pauline Ferrand-Prévot soloed to victory on the last stage into Châtel and secured the overall crown with a margin exceeding two minutes.
• Her decisive attack on Stage 8’s Col de la Madeleine vaulted her into the yellow jersey by 2 minutes 37 seconds, a lead she never relinquished.
• Sarah Gigante finished second in the general classification, while Demi Vollering and Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney lost over three minutes on the queen stage and fell out of contention.
• Maeva Squiban completed a remarkable comeback from her May training crash by winning Stages 6 and 7 in solo efforts.
• The fourth edition of the revived Tour de France Femmes concluded amid record viewership and renewed calls for equal race length and prize money with the men’s Tour.