The 2026 Women’s Tour de France gets under way in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday, August 1st, and finishes nine stages later in Nice
It took 119 years for the organisers of the Tour de France to stage a dedicated women’s race, despite years of lobbying from stars of the pedals, and several unofficial events covering exactly the same route as the men’s race.
This year, some 154 riders, representing 22 teams, will race a total of 1,175km over nine days, from Lausanne in Switzerland to Nice, on the south-east coast of France.
The race – the longest in the five-year history of the official Women’s Tour de France – will include passes in the Jura, Massif central and Alps mountain ranges, including a stage on the formidable Mont Ventoux, and cross 12 departments in three regions.
The 2026 Tour de France Femmes route. Graphic: ASO / Tour de France
