More suspense, more emotions... The women's Tour de France was more exciting than its men's counterpart.

The 2025 Women's Tour de France has a face. Gaping mouth and sunken eyebrows, her entire expression distorted by exertion, it is that of Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) on the Col de la Madeleine . On Saturday, the Belgian champion threw everything she had in her out the window to launch her teammate Sarah Gigante into an attack that would prove decisive. The 24-year-old Australian climber is one of the revelations of the summer. A fragile killer. Formidable when the slope rises, Gigante curls up when the road plunges. The fear of speed, of ending up in the scenery.

So, on Friday, on the descent from the Col du Granier, we saw Justine Ghekiere sporting a different face. In the wake of her leader, the teammate five years her senior transformed into a screaming coach. "No, don't brake, go flat out here, go, go, go." Her exhortations echoed even through our television set. "I screamed all the way down," Ghekiere explained in tears in Chambéry, " but I did it because we believe in Sarah." "She was a