Tour de France Femmes: How to watch Stage 6 on Friday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

29.07.2022 - 11:52 eurosport.com

All set, Marianne Vos? The Tour de France Femmes may be just three stages from finishing, but the Jumbo-Visma star is going to need to produce the defensive performance of her life if she is to keep the maillot jaune.

Ad/> The kindest of those three tests comes on Friday, the last time the climbs have the audacity to be classed as hills rather than mountains.

Tour de France Femmes‘You have to be realistic’ – Vos under no illusions over keeping yellow jerseyA DAY AGO The Cote de Grendelbruch offers 8% worth of incline for 1.2km before the Cote de Boersch tests the lungs of those in contention in the last 10km of the day.

The stage finishes in Rosheim, a town renowned for its Romanesque architecture — and sure to provide a picturesque backdrop for the downhill finish.

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Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) confirmed her status as Tour de France Femmes winner with a stunning Stage 8 win in yellow atop the Super Planche des Belles Filles. The 39-year-old made a decisive general classification move on Stage 7, putting time into all her rivals and led Demi Vollering (SD Worx) by 3’14” ahead of the final stage – a 123.3km ride from Lure to La Super Planche des Belles Filles. Ad/> The Dutchwoman said pre-stage that protecting yellow was her sole aim on Sunday, but with 6km to go she kicked clear and none of her rivals could adequately react, leaving Van Vleuten to seal the overall win with a stunning Stage 8 win.

Tour de France Femmes: How to watch Stage 8 on Sunday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

Welcome to the mountains mkII! Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) produced a ride for the ages to ride into yellow on Stage 7 of the Tour de France Femmes. She holds a 3'14" advantage over Demi Vollering (SD Worx) in the general classification ahead of the final stage — another mountainous stunner. Ad/> The eighth stage sees a start from Lure, with a chance for the riders to stretch their legs in the first 45km.

Tour de France Femmes: How to watch Stage 8 on Saturday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

'So sick' - Annemiek van Vleuten went for broke after 'six days waiting & surviving' at Tour de France Femmes

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) said she soared into yellow on Stage 7 of the Tour de France after “six days of waiting and surviving” after being laid low by a sickness bug. Van Vleuten was the red-hot favourite for the inaugural running of the Tour de France Femmes. However, having leaked time over the first two flat stages, Van Vleuten revealed that she had been suffering from a stomach bug as she fought to stay in contention for the yellow jersey.

Tour de France Femmes: How to watch Stage 7 on Saturday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

Welcome to the mountains! Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) defended the yellow jersey in style by winning Stage 6, but she will need to call on every drop of her legendary powers to hold-off the GC favourites on Saturday as three Cat. 1 climbs await. Ad/> Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar), Demi Vollering (SD Worx) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) are all expected to chance their arm and put Vos under pressure.

Can Marianne Vos leave Tour de France Femmes draped in yellow or will she crack in mountains?

Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) is in pole position at the Tour de France Femmes with just two stages remaining, but Eurosport expert Dani Rowe believes her challenge will fade in the mountains. The legendary Dutchwoman, widely considered the greatest of all time, made history on Stage 6 by becoming the first rider to win in the yellow jersey at the inaugural eight-stage race in France.