Kate Richardson Keeps the Yellow Jersey and Wins the 2025 Tour de Feminin. Lente Boskamp Wins the Final Stage

Kate Richardson defended her overall lead and became the first Scottish winner of the Czech stage race.

To conclude the race, organizers prepared a demanding stage with six mountain primes and many other climbs in the Lusatian Mountains. In the early part of the 104.5-kilometer stage, the most active rider was mountain classification leader Karoline Goldschmidt (LKT), who won the first three climbs and secured her lead in the classification.

After the first pass through the finish line in Krásná Lípa, the first breakaway attempt came—and it was a serious threat to the overall standings, as it included Luca Viestraete from the Belgian national team, who trailed race leader Kate Richardson (Handsling Alba) by only 31 seconds before the stage. The three-rider break, also featuring Olga Wankiewicz (MAT Atom Deweloper) and Nele Laing (LKT), didn’t last long.

That wasn’t the end of the attacks, though. Soon after, another trio launched an attack, this time including Malwina Mul (MAT Atom Deweloper), second in the general classification. She was joined by fourth-placed Tess Moerman (Belgium) and Lucy Lee from DAS - Hutchinson.

The Handsling Alba team reacted quickly and reeled in the trio. Rivals of 22-year-old Kate Richardson waited for the final climb to Vápenka, which crested just 3 kilometers before the finish. The MAT Atom Deweloper team managed to put the yellow jersey under pressure, but Richardson held her ground, and a group of 16 riders stayed together after the final hill.

In the sprint finish in Krásná Lípa, Lente Boskamp was the fastest, beating Malwina Mul and second-stage winner Anabelle Thomas (KDM - Pack). Kate Richardson finished safely in 14th place without losing time and could begin celebrating her overall victory.

Over all the stages, Richardson beat Malwina Mul by 12 seconds and Xaydee Van Sinaey by 19 seconds. The Polish rider (Mul) made up for all those second places by winning both the points classification and the U23 classification.

Karoline Goldschmidt claimed the mountains classification with a solid lead. The jersey for the best Czech rider was retained by Barbora Němcová (Dukla Praha), who managed to stay ahead of Kristýna Zemanová (VIF) in the finale. Němcová finished 14th overall, while Zemanová was 16th.

text: Marek Matějka, foto: Josef Vaishar/Cycling.photography