The 2025 Tour de France Femmes is longer and more mountainous than ever before - BBC Sport examines the yellow jersey contenders.

After a doping scandal upended the sport, professional cycling is pursuing dual challenges of keeping cycling honest and convincing a skeptical audience it is.

Such is Tadej Pogacar’s domination on the Tour de France that what began as a frantic chase for stage wins has morphed into a racing masterclass - a reigning champion pulling the strings on his way to a fourth title.

The penultimate stage winds through the Jura and Doubs regions and has four categorized climbs, including the Côte de Thésy (3.6 km at 8.9 percent). The final rolling 60 kilometers offer a strong opportunity for a breakaway group to hold off the peloton. This is unlikely to alter the GC standings unless something dramatic happens.

Tour de France organizers have shortened Stage 19 of the competition to avoid a herd of cows which have suffered an outbreak of disease.

Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France is being shortened due to a contagious outbreak in a local cattle herd along the originally planned route.

Thymen Arensman soloed to another win on stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday, surprisingly outlasting Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar on the climb to La Plagne, the final hors categorie mountain of this year’s race. Florian Lipowitz, meanwhile, put 41 seconds into Oscar Onley to all but seal third place and the white jersey competition.

Former Chiles star Lily Williams is one of four Americans entered in the annual Tour de France Femmes that starts July 26 and ends Aug. 3.

Last week, a fan went viral for wearing a Seahawks jersey at the Tour de France. Today, he showed up on the broadcast again.