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Your Stage-by-Stage Guide to the 2026 Tour De France Femmes: Ventoux, a Time Trial, and No Easy Days
The nine-stage route includes a mid-race individual time trial and a Ventoux summit finish that could reshape the general classification.
- The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift returns Saturday for its fifth edition, featuring 1,175 kilometers across nine stages and marking the longest race in its history. The route includes a historic first ascent of Mont Ventoux on stage seven.
- Organizers reintroduced the individual time trial on stage four to balance the race's extended length, while the route features nearly 19,000 meters of total vertical gain. This design challenges general classification contenders throughout the demanding terrain.
- Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot faces fierce competition from 2023 winner Demi Vollering, who recently won the Giro d'Italia. Podium regular Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney leads Canyon-SRAM, while Giro winner Elisa Longo Borghini and world time-trial champion Marlen Reusser also headline the start list.
- Racing concludes on August 9 with a mountainous final stage in Nice featuring four climbs of the Col d'Eze. This demanding finale could radically overhaul general classification standings after eight days of testing terrain.
- The United Kingdom will host the Grand Départ for the 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, with stages through Leeds, Manchester, and Sheffield. This marks the first time both races start outside mainland Europe.
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·Paris, France
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·Munich, Germany
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Buxton AdvertiserCouncil accepts ‘£2.4m’ of funding to host Derbyshire stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2027
Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet has agreed to accept up to £2.4 million of funding to support plans for the county to host part of a key stage of the Tour de France Femmes women’s cycle race in 2027 which comes to Great Britain before heading to France.
·Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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