Tour de France Femmes 2023 set to feature Tourmalet summit finish

The climb would be the race's toughest mountain test

The 2019 Tour de France peloton nears the summit of the Col du Tourmalet.
(Image credit: Getty)

Next year’s Tour de France Femmes could be set for a summit finish on the iconic Col du Tourmalet, according to French radio network RTL. 

On Monday, French journalist Nicolas Georgereau tweeted what he expects to be the route for the race’s second edition in 2023.  “Starting in Clermont-Ferrand and finishing in Pau,” Georgereau wrote, “with notably a summit finish on the Tourmalet.” 

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Tom Davidson
Senior News Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is the host of The TT Podcast, which covers both the men's and women's pelotons and has featured a number of prominent British riders.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides.