Marianne Vos claimed victory on the opening stage of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes – and the overall leader’s yellow jersey – after a dramatic finale in Plumelec.

Vos’s Visma Lease a bike teammate, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, had looked set to take the stage on home soil after making a late break for the finish. The French rider ran out of steam, however, and Vos overtook her teammate with Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) threatening to grab victory and the maillot jaune instead.

“I didn’t now if Pauline was still hanging [on] in the finish, but in the end I sprinted a bit with Kim,” Vos said, praising her teammate’s effort on the hilly 78.8km route from Vannes. “I’m really grateful to the team and to Pauline,” she added.

The defending champion, Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon/Sram Zondacrypto) came fourth, 10 seconds behind Vos. Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) – who lost the overall title by four seconds in last year’s race – finished fifth in Brittany, 13 seconds off the lead.

Marlen Reusser (Movistar), considered a contender in the general classification race, withdrew after crashing at the foot of the Côte de Cadoudal climb. The Swiss rider, who finished second to Elisa Longo Borghini at the recent Giro d’Italia Women, was one of around 10 riders caught in the crash some 30km from the finish.

Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi (Picnic-PostNL) finished in 10th, 19 seconds behind Vos. The race stays in Brittany for Sunday’s second stage, with a hilly 110.4km ride from the port city of Brest to Quimper.