The 2025 Tour of Britain Women was a British women's cycle stage race held in Great Britain as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. Taking place between 5 and 8 June, the race was the tenth edition of the Tour of Britain Women (named the Women's Tour prior to 2024). For this edition, the first two stages took place in North East England and the latter two in Scotland.

The race was won by New Zealand rider Ally Wollaston of by four seconds ahead of British rider Cat Ferguson of . Ferguson took the points and youth classifications, as well as winning stage 3. Dutch rider Karlijn Swinkels of finished third overall. The mountains classification was won by Polish rider Dominika Włodarczyk of , with the team classification won by .

Teams 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. Fifteen teams started with six riders and four teams with five riders, totalling 110 riders at the start of the race.

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's ProTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

National Teams Great Britain

Route and stages The route was announced in May 2025. 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. +Stage characteristicsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeStage winner 1 5 June Dalby Forest to Redcar Hilly stage 2 6 June Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-Sea Hilly stage 3 7 June Kelso to Kelso Hilly stage 4 8 June Glasgow to Glasgow Flat stage Total

Race summary Prior to the event, media tipped Kimberley Le Court (), Kristen Faulkner (), and Lorena Wiebes () for victory. British hopes included Cat Ferguson () and Anna Henderson (). The race was broadcast live on YouTube, BBC iPlayer and Discovery+.

Stage 1 was in the North East of England, taking riders from Dalby Forest to Redcar over a route with two classified climbs. Le Court beat Faulkner in a sprint finish after the pair escaped the peloton with remaining. Lorena Wiebes () won the peloton sprint behind to come home third. Le Court led the race overall by five seconds ahead of Faulkner and Wiebes.

Stage 2 was also held in the North East, beginning in Hartlepool and ending in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The 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%. Canadian rider Mara Roldan () escaped the peloton with remaining, winning the stage ahead of chasers including Riejanne Markus (), Ally Wollaston () 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.

Stage 3 took the riders to Scotland and a looping route around Kelso in the Scottish Borders with five classified climbs. 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 () and Karlijn Swinkels () – with Ferguson taking the overall race lead by three seconds ahead of Wollaston and Swinkels. Dominika Włodarczyk () took the lead in the mountains classification.

Stage 4 took place in the city of Glasgow, around ten laps of a course totalling in length, with a finish in Glasgow Green. 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 () to win the stage – Wollaston finished third on the stage, thereby taking the overall race victory by four seconds ahead of Ferguson. 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 .

Stages Stage 1 5 June 2025 — Dalby Forest to Redcar,

Stage 2 6 June 2025 — Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-Sea,

Stage 3 7 June 2025 — Kelso to Kelso,

Stage 4 8 June 2025 — Glasgow to Glasgow,

Classification leadership table + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification Combativity award 1 Kimberley Le Court Kimberley Le Court Kimberley Le Court Cat Ferguson Kimberley Le Court 2 Mara Roldan Kristen Faulkner Kristen Faulkner Tiffany Keep 3 Cat Ferguson Cat Ferguson Dominika Włodarczyk Lizzie Deignan 4 Lorena Wiebes Ally Wollaston Cat Ferguson FinalAlly Wollaston Cat Ferguson Kristen Faulkner

Classification standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 10h 36' 45" 2 + 4" 3 + 22" 4 + 50" 5 + 1' 01" 6 + 1' 02" 7 + 1' 02" 8 + 1' 06" 9 + 1' 06" 10 Great Britain + 1' 09"

Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 79 2 79 3 42 4 37 5 23 6 19 7 18 8 18 9 16 10 16

Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 26 2 24 3 20 4 19 5 19 6 18 7 17 8 16 9 15 10 13

Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 10h 36' 49" 2 Great Britain + 1' 05" 3 + 2' 53" 4 + 2' 55" 5 + 3' 11" 6 Great Britain + 5' 48" 7 + 7' 04" 8 + 7' 55" 9 + 8' 05" 10 Great Britain + 8' 18"

Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 31h 53' 45" 2 + 3' 49" 3 + 4' 07" 4 + 8' 12" 5 + 11' 08" 6 Great Britain + 11' 53" 7 + 12' 47" 8 + 16' 32" 9 + 16' 41" 10 + 17' 52"

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