13 : IT WAS HER DESTINY
Today's winner, Olympic mountain bike gold medal Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, raises her arms for the first time on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. She claims her 13th professional victory, 13 years after her first success at the 2012 French time trial championship. That was on June 21, 2012, 4,790 days ago. It is also her 2nd victory since her road race return this season, following her triumph this spring in the Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, also alone.
36: AFTER LONGO, HERE COMES FERRAND-PRÉVOT
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is the first French rider to wear the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Including the Tour de France Féminin of the 1980s, she is the first French rider to wear it since Jeannie Longo's last victory on July 23, 1989, 36 years and 10 days ago. Longo, the record holder for days spent in Yellow (36), remained the only French rider to have worn the Yellow Jersey.
3/3: UNSTOPPABLE FRENCH RIDERS
After Maëva Squiban (stages 6-7), Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has secured France's 3rd consecutive victory. A performance that only the Dutch have achieved in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift: 4 in a row in 2022 (stages 5 to 8) and 2024 (stages 1 to 4). France hasn't shone so brightly since the Tour de France Féminin 1989, and Jeannie Longo's 5 consecutive victories. The French record is 7 consecutive victories, achieved in 1988 from stages 3 to 9 (Longo, Longo, Longo, Odin, Longo, Simonnet, and Longo).
2: AUSTRALIA HIGHER WITH GIGANTE
Second at the Col de la Madeleine, Sarah Gigante (2nd) achieved Australia's best result in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. She improved on Grace Brown's 4th place in Pau in 2023 (8th stage).
3: NEW ZEALAND SHINES AGAIN
Ally Wollaston achieved New Zealand's first podium during stage 3 in Angers. Her teammate Niamh Fisher-Black equaled the country's best result by finishing 3rd again at the summit of the Col de la Madeleine. She was awarded the combativity prize, a first for a New Zealander.
8: CHABBEY FOR THE POLKA DOT JERSEY
Wearing the polka-dot jersey since day one, Elise Chabbey has won her 8th jersey as leader of the mountains classification. In addition to this being a record, she now has twice as many polka-dot jerseys as the second-highest total, Femke Gerritse's 4 jerseys. With a 16-point lead over Maëva Squiban with 35 remaining, the Swiss rider is more in the lead than ever. She is the favorite to succeed Justine Ghekiere.
4: NO PODIUM FOR THE NETHERLANDS
The Dutch have dominated the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift since the race's revival in 2022, with 17 victories and as many Yellow Jerseys in 32 opportunities. But for the first time, it's been three stages since a Dutch representative was on the podium! The best performers were: Demi Vollering 4th (stage 6 and then stage 8), and Shirin van Anrooij 4th (stage 7).
4: FERRAND-PRÉVOT AFTER MARIANNE VOS
Team Visma | Lease a Bike secures its 4th victory in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is only the second different winner for the team after Marianne Vos (Provins and Rosheim in 2022, then Plumelec in 2025).
8: GLORY IS ALMOST HERE
Nienke Vinke dominates the best young rider classification, and her 8'59" lead over Julie Bego (2nd) isn't just the biggest gap since the start: there has never been such a huge gap between the leader and her runner-up on the eve of the finish. There were 5'12" between Shirin van Anrooij and Mischa Bredewold (2022), 2'01" between Cédrine Kerbaol and Ella Wyllie (2023), and 45 seconds between Puck Pieterse and Shirin van Anrooij (2024).