The 2025 Tour of Britain Women was a British women's cycle stage race held in Great Britain as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. Taking place between 5 and 8 June, the race was the tenth edition of the Tour of Britain Women (named the Women's Tour prior to 2024). For this edition, the first two stages took place in North East England and the latter two in Scotland.
The race was won by New Zealand rider Ally Wollaston of FDJ–Suez by four seconds ahead of British rider Cat Ferguson of Movistar Team.[1] Ferguson took the points and youth classifications, as well as winning stage 3. Dutch rider Karlijn Swinkels of UAE Team ADQ finished third overall. The mountains classification was won by Polish rider Dominika Włodarczyk of UAE Team ADQ, with the team classification won by FDJ–Suez.[1]
Teams
Nineteen teams took part: twelve UCI Women's WorldTeams, one UCI Women's ProTeam, five UCI Women's Continental Teams and the Great Britain national team.[2][3] Fifteen teams started with six riders and four teams with five riders, totalling 110 riders at the start of the race.[4]
Stage 1 was in the North East of England, taking riders from Dalby Forest to Redcar over a 85.6km (53.2mi) route with two classified climbs.[6] Le Court beat Faulkner in a sprint finish after the pair escaped the peloton with 30km (19mi) remaining. Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx–Protime) won the peloton sprint behind to come home third.[9] Le Court led the race overall by five seconds ahead of Faulkner and Wiebes.[9]
Stage 2 was also held in the North East, beginning in Hartlepool and ending in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The 119.4km (74.2mi) route had two classified climbs, as well as two unclassified ascents of the 300-metre-long Saltburn Bank climb with an average gradient of 11%.[6] Canadian rider Mara Roldan (Team Picnic PostNL) escaped the peloton with 14km (8.7mi) remaining, winning the stage ahead of chasers including Riejanne Markus (Lidl–Trek), Ally Wollaston (FDJ–Suez) and Ferguson. Faulkner took the overall race lead by four seconds, ahead of Markus and Ferguson. Faulkner also took the lead in the mountains classification.[10][11]
Stage 3 took the riders to Scotland and a looping 148.7km (92.4mi) route around Kelso in the Scottish Borders with five classified climbs.[6] The stage was marred by heavy rain, with multiple riders crashing – Le Court and Roldan abandoned the race as a consequence, and Faulkner fell out of contention of the general classification. The stage itself was won by Ferguson from a small group of Wollaston, Josie Nelson (Team Picnic PostNL) and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) – with Ferguson taking the overall race lead by three seconds ahead of Wollaston and Swinkels. Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ) took the lead in the mountains classification.[12]
Stage 4 took place in the city of Glasgow, around ten laps of a 8.4km (5.2mi) course totalling 84.0km (52.2mi) in length, with a finish in Glasgow Green.[6] All three intermediate sprints were won by Wollaston, gaining enough bonus seconds to draw level with Ferguson in the virtual general classification prior to the finish. In the final sprint, Wiebes beat Charlotte Kool (Team Picnic PostNL) to win the stage – Wollaston finished third on the stage, thereby taking the overall race victory by four seconds ahead of Ferguson.[1] Swinkels finished in third place overall. In the other classifications, Ferguson won the points and youth classifications, with the mountains classification won by Włodarczyk, and the team classification won by FDJ–Suez.[1]
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