On the last Saturday of the Tour de France, riders battle it out in eastern France to wear the yellow jersey in Paris, but in the west, the Tour de France Femmes marks the start of a completely different race.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot is the first French winner of the Tour de France Femmes. After 1,165 kilometers (over 700 miles), nine days of action, three yellow-jersey wearers and four stage winners, the most prestigious event on the women’s road-racing calendar has drawn to a close.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt is making her Tour debut at 33 years old and leads Australian rider Sarah Gigante by 2 minutes, 37 seconds and 2023 champion Demi Vollering of the Netherlands by 3:18 heading into Sunday’s last stage.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, becoming the first French winner of cycling’s biggest race since 1989.

Olympic champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot became the first Frenchwoman to win the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, pushing through three punishing climbs to clinch the final stage ahead of 2023 champion Demi Vollering,

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot claims the leader's yellow jersey on the penultimate stage of the Tour de France Femmes with victory on the Col de la Madeleine.

Already one of the greatest riders of her generation, France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prevot returned to road cycling after winning Olympic gold on her mountain bike last summer. Now she also has a yellow jersey.

The 33-year-old’s victory was not just a personal triumph, but the crowning glory for women’s cycling’s biggest race

French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot soloed to victory on Sunday in the ninth and final stage in the Alps to seal the women's Tour de France title.