Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2026 start list

 Less than a week after the conclusion of the men's Tour de France, another yellow jersey will be at play at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the women's WorldTour's flagship event.

Now in its fifth edition, this year's race counts a highly competitive field, with past winners Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-Sram) already confirmed to compete, and defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot expected to defend her title, although her Visma-Lease a Bike team are yet to reveal their squad.

The race begins on 1 August in Lausanne, Switzerland, and will take place over nine stages, including an individual time trial, a summit finish on Mont Ventoux and a final day in Nice.

All 14 Women's WorldTour teams will be present, as well as seven ProTeams, invited by the organiser, ASO.

Each team is allowed to bring seven riders, giving a maximum start list of 147 riders. This will be the smallest field at the race since its first edition in 2022, when there were 144 starters – 24 teams of six.





AG Insurance-Soudal

Kim Le Court-Pienaar (Mus)

Mireia Benito (Esp)

Letizia Borghesi (Ita)

Shari Bossuyt (Bel)

Lore De Schepper (Bel)

Justine Ghekiere (Bel)

Urška Žigart (Slo)


Canyon-Sram

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol)

Zoe Bäckstedt (GBr)

Chiara Consonni (Ita)

Rosa Klöser (Ger)

Antonia Niedermaier (Ger)

Soraya Paladin (Ita)

Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Pol)


Cofidis

Julie Bego (Fra)

Ema Comte (Fra)

Amalie Dideriksen (Den)

Victorie Guilman (Fra)

Hannah Ludwig (Ger)

Malwina Mul (Pol)

Nikola Nosková (Cze)

FDJ United-SUEZ

Demi Vollering (Ned)

Juliette Berthet (Fra)

Célia Gery (Fra)

Franziska Koch (Ger)

Amber Kraak (Ned)

Marie Le Net (Fra)

Évita Muzic (Fra)


Fenix-Premier Tech

Puck Pieterse (Ned)

Sara Casasola (Ita)

Lotte Claes (Bel)

Millie Couzens (GBr)

Yara Kastelijn (Ned)

Charlotte Kool (Ned)

Christina Schweinberger (Aut)


Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi

Naia Amondarain (Esp)

Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr)

Idoia Eraso (Esp)

Arianna Fidanza (Ita)

Usoa Ostolaza (Esp)

Paula Patiño (Col)

Debora Silvestri (Ita)


Liv AlUla Jayco

Mackenzie Coupland (Aus)

Nadia Gontova (Can)

Jeanne Korevaar (Ned)

Letizia Paternoster (Ita)

Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Aus)

Silke Smulders (Ned)

Monica Trinca Colonel (Ita)


Lotto Intermarché

Dina Boels (Bel)

Elisabeth Ebras (Est)

Romina Hinojosa (Mex)

Marieke Meert (Bel)

Linda Riedmann (Ger)

Sandrine Tas (Bel)

Sterre Vervloet (Bel)


Ma Petite Entreprise

Noémie Abgrall (Fra)

Laura Asencio (Fra)

Alison Avoine (Fra)

Morgane Coston (Fra)

Clémence Latimier (Fra)

Célia Le Mouël (Fra)

Océane Mahé(Fra)


Movistar

Marlen Reusser (Sui)

Francesca Barale (Ita)

Liane Lippert (Ger)

Tota Magalhães (Bra)

Sara Martín (Esp)

Paula Ostiz (Esp)

Arlenis Sierra (Cub)


Picnic PostNL

Robyn Clay (GBr)

Eleonora Ciabocco (Ita)

Lucie Fityus (Aus)

Pfeiffer Georgi (GBr)

Mia Griffin (Irl)

Gaia Masetti (Ita)

Josie Nelson (GBr)


Uno-X Mobility

Katrine Aalerud (Nor)

Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned)

Marte Berg Edseth (Nor)

Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (Nor)

Anouska Koster (Ned)

Laura Tomasi (Ita)

Alessia Vigilia (Ita)


VolkerWessels

Anneke Dijkstra (Ned)

Malou Eisen (Ned)

Eline Jansen (Ned)

Laura Molenaar (Ned)

Maud Rijnbeek (Ned)

Quinty Schoens (Ned)

Sophie von Berswordt (Ned)


Teams still to confirm rosters: EF Education-Oatly, Human Powered Health, Lidl-Trek, SD Worx-Protime, Visma-Lease a Bike, UAE Team L'IMAD, Mayenne Monbana My Pie, St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93.







 

 


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1. Waiting at railroad crossing, 4 days, 19 hrs and 27 minutes 

2. Standing in line behind someone at the local Gas station while they decide what scratch off tickets will change their life. 1 day 16 hours 12 minutes 

3. Being asked to pull over into spot number 2 or 3 while your number 2 meal is being prepared. 23 hours 8 minutes 

4. Cedar Point or any amusement park ride. 12 days, 14 hours, 12 minutes 

5. Traffic Jams/ traffic lights  59 days, 6 hours 22 minutes 

6. Porta John’s , 4 hours 10 minutes, obviously slightly longer if you have done ever edition of Barry Roubiax 

7. Listening to someone poorly explain the last movie they watched, 6 hours 6 minutes 

8. The average self checkout line, 23 hours 12 minutes 

9. Waiting for your food at some of overpriced hamburger restaurants, 3 hours 21 minutes

10. Letting your pizza rolls cool off  35 days, 14 hours 54 minutes 

11. All your social media accounts, 9 days, 21 hours 37 minutes

12. Standing in line at Starbucks or coffee shop,  2 days 12 hours, 16 minutes 

13. Doing service work for free ( bike shop employees only) 9 days, 21 hours, 18 minutes 

14. Any conversation with ignorant assholes, 19 days, 23 hours 52 minutes 

15. Reading any Friday 15 on this blog 6 minutes.



The time spent wasted in your that you will be reminded when you cross over the rainbow bridge 

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When you have sat in for the past 75 minutes and then jump your group 120 meters from the line to snag 132 overall