Niamh Fisher-Black participated in the queen stage of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes, a challenging 111.9 km route. She expressed optimism about being offensive on the climbs and took note of a chance to break away early in the race. Part of a select group of riders, Fisher-Black utilized her teammate's efforts to build a significant time gap. As the stage progressed, she executed her strategy on the Col de Madeleine, though competitors were launching powerful attacks behind her, notably Pauline Ferrand-Prévot securing a strong position in the general classification.
The rider from New Zealand who moved to Lidl-Trek from SD Worx-Protime at the start of this season was part of a group of around 15 riders that included Évita Muzic (FDJ-SUEZ), Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Magdeleine Vallieres Mill (EF Education-Oatly), as well as Fisher-Black's teammate Markus.
They let us go with the big time gap, and Riejanne could do most of the work for me, which was really nice, said Fisher-Black.
We hoped to be a little bit on the offensive and try something for the last climb, but it actually ended up happening a lot earlier than I expected, anyway, said Fisher-Black.
There was a charged GC battle on behind, with Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) launching and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) then stamping her authority on the stage and race.
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