Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
The fifth Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift runs nine stages and 1,175km from Lausanne to Nice, from 1 to 9 August 2026, with a first summit finish on Mont Ventoux.
Stage 9 result
The final stage used four climbs of the Col d’Èze on a 99.2km circuit around Nice. FDJ UNITED-SUEZ controlled the race on the climbs and thinned the lead group before the final ascent.
Demi Vollering attacked on the last climb and stayed clear on the descent to Nice. She won the stage and secured the overall yellow jersey, while Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney and Elisa Longo Borghini completed the final podium.
- 1Demi VolleringFDJ UNITED - SUEZ2:44:43
- 2Paula Blasi CairolUAE TEAM L'IMAD+1:04
- 3Katarzyna Anna Niewiadoma-PhinneyCANYON//SRAM +1:04
- 4Niamh Mary Fisher-BlackLIDL - TREK+1:04
- 5Antonia NiedermaierCANYON//SRAM +1:06
- 6Isabella HolmgrenLIDL - TREK+1:08
- 7Elisa Longo BorghiniUAE TEAM L'IMAD+1:04
- 8Femke de VriesTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE+1:57
- 9Dominika WlodarczykUAE TEAM L'IMAD+1:57
- 10Cedrine KerbaolEF EDUCATION - OATLY+1:57
General classification
- 1Demi VolleringFDJ UNITED - SUEZ30:54:51
- 2Katarzyna Anna Niewiadoma-PhinneyCANYON//SRAM +1:18
- 3Elisa Longo BorghiniUAE TEAM L'IMAD+4:19
- 4Antonia NiedermaierCANYON//SRAM +5:10
- 5Paula Blasi CairolUAE TEAM L'IMAD+6:13
- 6Cedrine KerbaolEF EDUCATION - OATLY+6:41
- 7Dominika WlodarczykUAE TEAM L'IMAD+7:53
- 8Isabella HolmgrenLIDL - TREK+9:12
- 9Mary Patricia Kimberley le Court de Billot - PienaarAG INSURANCE - SOUDAL TEAM+14:04
- 10Niamh Mary Fisher-BlackLIDL - TREK+15:14
Stage 9Nice → Nice
The final stage used four climbs of the Col d’Èze on a 99.2km circuit around Nice. FDJ UNITED-SUEZ controlled the race on the climbs and thinned the lead group before the final ascent.
Demi Vollering attacked on the last climb and stayed clear on the descent to Nice. She won the stage and secured the overall yellow jersey, while Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney and Elisa Longo Borghini completed the final podium.
Tour de France Femmes 2026 route
The 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift covers 1,175km across nine stages, its longest edition yet, running from Lausanne to Nice. There are no rest days between 1 and 9 August.
The race crosses three ranges, the Jura, the Massif Central and the Alps, for 18,795m of total climbing. Three flat stages, three hilly stages, two mountain stages and one time trial share the work.
Key climbs and the Mont Ventoux queen stage
Stage 7 is the queen stage, finishing on Mont Ventoux by way of Bédoin, 15.7km at 8.8% and the race's only hors catégorie climb. It is the first time the women's Tour has finished on the Giant of Provence.
The Col de la Faucille (11.4km at 6.3%) is the race's first category 1 climb, opening the Jura on stage 3. Mont Brouilly closes stage 5 in the Beaujolais, and stage 6 crosses the Col de Lalouvesc in the Ardèche.
The Dijon time trial and the Nice finale
The 21km individual time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon on stage 4 sets the first real general classification gaps.
The race closes with a 99km stage around Nice that climbs the Col d'Èze four times. The last ascent is category 1, 6km at 7.6%, a final chance to overturn the standings.
How to watch the Tour de France Femmes 2026
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift runs from 1 to 9 August 2026, finishing in Nice. Recent editions have been shown live on France Télévisions and Eurosport, with full broadcaster listings confirmed nearer the race.
Full route maps, climb profiles and live standings for all nine stages are on this page.