Tour de France Femmes 2026
Lorena Wiebes won stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes to tighten her grip on the yellow jersey. In the next stage the riders will head through the Jura before descending to a flat run-in to the finish. Tuesday then brings the ITT, while Wednesday features a gruelling hilly stage culminating in the steep vineyards of the Beaujolais. Friday's queen stage finishes atop Mont Ventoux and the Tour concludes on Sunday with a hilly circuit around Nice.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Wiebes cements lead with second sprint victory
With around 40 kilometres to go, Riejanne Markus launches an attack from the peloton. She opens up a gap of more than a minute and pushes the bunch to its limits, but her heroic effort is eventually brought to an end inside the final 400 metres. Lorena Wiebes then powers to victory, strengthening her grip on the yellow jersey.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 2: Aigle - Geneva
Sunday 2 August – The 2nd stage of the Tour de France Femmes features a hilly middle section, while the opening and closing sections are flat. The 147.9-kilometre race from Aigle to Geneva serves up more than 1,700 metres of elevation gain.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 3: Geneva - Poligny
Monday 3 August – Stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes features roughly 2,500 metres of elevation gain, most of which comes in the first half of the 156.5-kilometre route from Geneva to Poligny.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Riders
Giro winner Demi Vollering is determined to dethrone defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, while Anna van der Breggen lines up for her third Grand Tour of the year. Vuelta winner Paula Blasi is also in the field. Voilà, the start list for the Tour de France Femmes.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Route
The Tour de France Femmes serves up 18,775 metres of elevation gain over 1,174.7 kilometres. The queen stage finishes atop Mont Ventoux, while the individual time trial on day four, the gruelling hilly stage on day five and the final stage, which features multiple ascents of the Col d'Èze just outside Nice, are also important in the battle for the yellow jersey.
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Cycling Calendar 2026
Throughout the year, Cyclingstage.com covers the races we are passionate about – including the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, but there's so much more… Please take a look at our 2026 cycling calendar!
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