2023 Tour de France Femmes

The 2023 Tour de France Femmes, (officially Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift), will be the second edition of the Tour de France Femmes. The race is scheduled for 23 to 30 July 2023,[1] and will be the 21st race in the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour calendar.[1]

2023 Tour de France Femmes
2023 UCI Women's World Tour, race 21 of 27
Race details
Dates23–30 July
Stages8
Distance956[1] km (594.0 mi)

Teams

22 teams will participate in the race.[2] Each team will have seven riders, one more than the 2022 edition.[3] All 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited.[4] They were joined by 7 UCI Women's Continental Teams – the two best 2022 UCI Women's Continental Teams (Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling and Lifeplus Wahoo) received an automatic invitation, and the other five teams were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour.[4] The teams were announced on 14 April 2023.[2]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Route and stages

In October 2022, the route was announced by race director Marion Rousse.[5] The race will start in Clermont-Ferrand on the same day that the men's tour finishes in Paris, before heading south across the Massif Central towards the Pyrenees. The final stage will be an individual time trial in Pau, using a similar course to the 2019 edition of La Course by Le Tour de France.[5][6] 2022 winner Annemiek van Vleuten called the route "an upgrade", with other riders welcoming the inclusion of bigger climbs and a time trial.[7][8]

As with the 2022 edition, the route will require a waiver from the Union Cycliste Internationale, as Women's WorldTour races have a maximum stage length of 160 kilometres (99 mi) and a maximum race length of six days.[9]

Stage characteristics[10][1]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 23 July Clermont-Ferrand 124 km (77 mi) Flat stage
2 24 July Clermont-Ferrand to Mauriac 148 km (92 mi) Hilly stage
3 25 July Collonges-la-Rouge to Montignac-Lascaux 147 km (91 mi) Flat stage
4 26 July Cahors to Rodez 177 km (110 mi) Hilly stage
5 27 July Onet-le-Château to Albi 126 km (78 mi) Flat stage
6 28 July Albi to Blagnac 122 km (76 mi) Flat stage
7 29 July Lannemezan to Tourmalet Bagnères-de-Bigorre 90 km (56 mi) Mountain stage
8 30 July Pau 22 km (14 mi) Individual time trial
Total 956 km (594 mi)

Broadcasting

As with the 2022 edition, live television coverage will be provided by France Télévisions in conjunction with the European Broadcasting Union.[11]

References
  1. "Tour de France Femmes 2023 route revealed - Iconic Tourmalet summit and time trial finale in Pau". 27 October 2022.
  2. "D-100 : on the second - Tour de France 2023". Le Tour Femmes. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. Frattini, Kirsten (6 January 2023). "Women's WorldTour – The definitive guide for 2023". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. "Tour de France Femmes 2023 Equipes Selectionnees" (PDF). Le Tour Femmes. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. "Tour de France 2023: routes reach for the sky with limited sprint chances". the Guardian. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  6. Price, Matilda (27 October 2022). "Challenging, varied, exciting - What we think of the Tour de France Femmes 2023". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  7. Fotheringham, Alasdair; Fletcher, Patrick (27 October 2022). "Van Vleuten: Tour de France Femmes 2023 route 'an upgrade'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  8. Mitchell, Mathew (27 October 2022). "Tour de France Femmes 2023 rider reactions to the route • ProCyclingUK.com". ProCyclingUK.com. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  9. Frattini, Kirsten (16 October 2021). "A closer look reveals the inequity at Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. "Official route of Tour de France Femmes 2023". Tour de France Femmes. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  11. "THE TOUR DE FRANCE LAUNCHES THE TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES AVEC ZWIFT - Tour de France 2022". www.letour.fr. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2022. In terms of media exposure, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will benefit from daily live television coverage with a broad exposure all over the world. France Télévisions will extend its "afternoon of cycling" coverage of the Tour de France by one week to allow viewers the chance to support their champions. In addition, an agreement with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) will mean that the event will be broadcast on large public channels in the biggest European markets.
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