2025 Tour of Britain Women

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]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's ProTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

National Teams

• Great Britain

The route was announced in May 2025.^[5] The first two stages took place in North East England and the second two in Scotland. Stage 2 finished in Saltburn-by-the-Sea on the 300 metre long Saltburn Bank climb with an average gradient of 11%, as previously used at the British National Road Race Championships.^[6]

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Stage characteristics^[7]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	5 June	Dalby Forest to Redcar	85.6 km (53.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Kimberley Le Court (MRI)
2	6 June	Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-Sea	119.4 km (74.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Mara Roldan (CAN)
3	7 June	Kelso to Kelso	148.7 km (92.4 mi)		Hilly stage	Cat Ferguson (GBR)
4	8 June	Glasgow to Glasgow	84.0 km (52.2 mi)		Flat stage	Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Total			437.7 km (272.0 mi)

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Prior to the event, media tipped Kimberley Le Court (AG Insurance–Soudal), Kristen Faulkner (EF Education–Oatly), and Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx–Protime) for victory.^[6][8] British hopes included Cat Ferguson (Movistar Team) and Anna Henderson (Lidl–Trek).^[6][8] The race was broadcast live on YouTube, BBC iPlayer and Discovery+.^[6]

Stage 1 was in the North East of England, taking riders from Dalby Forest to Redcar over a 85.6 km (53.2 mi) route with two classified climbs.^[6] Le Court beat Faulkner in a sprint finish after the pair escaped the peloton with 30 km (19 mi) 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 119.4 km (74.2 mi) 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 14 km (8.7 mi) 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 148.7 km (92.4 mi) 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 8.4 km (5.2 mi) course totalling 84.0 km (52.2 mi) 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]