Paris-Roubaix 2025 women in Ferrand-Prévot. Letizia Borghesi second

Roubaix (France), 12 April 2025 - The Paris-Roubaix arrives at the fifth women's edition: starting from Denain and I arrive at the famous velodrome after 148,5 km of cobblestones, heat and dust. For the first time a French woman wins, and what a French woman: the debutante (despite her age) Pauline Ferrand-Prevot triumphs clearly, mocking the best group with a peremptory solo, preceded by a fall at the entrance of the settore 12 caused by one of her teammates, among other things. At a distance of 1', will complete the podium Letizia Borghesi (who had drilled together with his sister Giada) to Lorraine Wiebes, while the world champion Lotte Kopeky, after having tried in vain to create a gap on the cobbled sections, gives in completely in the final: in the top 10, as regards theItaly, orphan of Elisa Longo Borghini, There are also Maria Giulia Confalonieri, Elisa Balsam e Chiara ConsonniIn front of all there is Ferrand-Prévot, returned to the road after having achieved successes in gravel, cyclocross, mountain biking and cross country: curiously, her partner Dylan VanBaarle, engaged tomorrow in the similar men's test, had already triumphed in the 2022. The news is great for one of the many couples in cycling but also for the Visma-Lease a Bike, which in view of tomorrow witnesses the great performance of one of its leading athletes, with the flaw of the missed podium of Marianne Vos, but also the success of the Gravaa system, useful for inflating and deflating tire pressure with a touch of a button on the handlebars and without stopping your ride. It's difficult to know how much this contraption weighed on a very hot day, with Inline despite the rain expected (and feared) for tomorrow instead. The fact is that he wins Ferrand-Prévot and it is new only for the competition in question: for the rest, the name of the talented and versatile Frenchwoman is not exactly new to the roll of honour of the competitions.  

Race report

 The first fall of the day involves Marte Berg Edseth (Uno-X Mobility), then forced to retire. After more than an hour of racing, the good breakaway starts: it is made up of Quinty Ton (Liv AlUla Jayco) and Aurela Nerlo (Winspace Orange Seal), which soon earn over 1' advantage. As soon as the first cobbled sector arrives, the scenario changes and punctures begin to rain down: the first victims are Floortje Mackaij (Movistar Team), Kirstie Van Haaften (VolkerWessels Women Cyclingteam), Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco) and Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez). The first interesting shot, 70 km from the finish and on the cobbled sector of Tilloy in Sars-et-Rosières (2,4 km), is instead launched by Ellen Van Dijk (Lidl-Trek), which takes advantage of the great work in the launch phase of Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek). The crosswind causes the group to split: things get even worse Cat Ferguson (Movistar Team), which falls badly. Meanwhile Van Dijk he goes to catch up with the two leaders, but behind them the platoon of the best is closing in: Black greets the company, while Baker drill again. Also Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM), one of the favourites of the day, punctures, as does Letizia Borghesi (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) and his sister Giada (Human Powered Health): meanwhile Van Dijk remains alone in command. Taking advantage of a fall that also involves Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike), Lotte Kopeky (Team SD Worx-Protime) attacks and takes with it Lorraine Wiebes (Team SD Worx-Protime) and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), while later they also join in Alison Jackson (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Chloé dygert (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto), Jelena Eric (Movistar Team) e Romy Kasper (Human Powered Health). The first to leave the company is Van Dijk, immediately imitated by Kasper: Then Kopecky e Your they take off and create a void behind them. The group of frontrunners regroups and controls, playing the game behind them of the group which also includes Chiara Consonni (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto), Elisa Balsam (Lidl-Trek) e Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Uno-X Pro Cycling). Kopecky accelerates further, after also knowing that in the chasing group there is also Ferrand-Prévot, good at getting up after a fall: Wiebes loses contact but then comes back under. It is the prelude to the fusion of the first two platoons, in which he also finds Letizia Borghesi despite the bad luck, thus bringing the number of Italians to four. Then it starts Emma Norsgaard Bjerg (Lidl-Trek): then it really moves Ferrand-Prévot, who catches up with the new lead of the race. The Frenchwoman then goes away alone and quickly gains 20" su Norsgaard Bjerg and over 1' on the group of the best, who perhaps culpably conceded too much to an athlete who is a debutant in this race but is experienced and has many successes behind her on the road, gravel, cross country, cyclocross and mountain bike. The group of the best resumes Norsgaard Bjerg but still pays 55" of delay from Ferrand-PrévotBehind him, 3 km from the finish line, the brawl explodes but without Kopecky who, exhausted, raises the white flag. Letizia Borghesi gains a good lead and goes on to take the second step of the podium: the third, in the sprint, goes to Wiebes at the expense of Your.  

Paris-Roubaix Women 2025 Ranking

  1) Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (TLV) in 3h40'07" 2) Letizia Borghesi (EFO) +58" 3) Lorena Wiebes (SDW) +1'01" 4) Marianne Vos (TVL) +1'01" 5) Alison Jackson (EFO) +1'01" 6) Maria Giulia Confalonieri (UXM) +1'01" 7) Elise Chabbey (TFS) +1'04" 8) Chloé Dygert (CSZ) +1'06" 9) Elisa Balsamo (LTK) +1'21" 10) Chiara Consonni (CSZ) +1'21"