Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: Everything you need to know
Everything you need to know about Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024. Taking place between 12 August and 18 August
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Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: Key details
Date | 12 August 2024 - 18 August 2024 |
Total distance | 946.3km (588 miles) |
Number of stages | 8 |
Start location | Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
Finish location | Alpe d'Huez |
UCI ranking | WorldTour |
Edition | 3rd |
Total climbing / elevation gain | 10,700 metres |
Leader's jersey colour | Yellow |
Last winner | Demi Vollering (Ned) |
TV coverage (UK) | Eurosport, Discovery+ |
TV coverage (US) | TBC |
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024 is only the 3rd edition, but it's already one of the flagship stage races of the women’s WorldTour calendar.
The eight-day event, organised by men’s Tour de France organisers ASO and overseen by race director Marion Rousse, will begin this year in the Netherlands; Rotterdam being the location of the Grand Départ. This is the first year the race is starting outside France. Moved to August 12-18 to prevent a clash with the 2024 Paris Olympics, this year the women's race will also be completely separate from the men's.
Read more: The untold story of the Tour de France Femmes
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: The route
This year's Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift features the first Grand Départ outside of France: in Rotterdam, and a change to an August date due to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Starting with three stages over two days in the Netherlands means flat, open roads and a split-stage day, with a morning race and an afternoon individual time trial. It's been over 30 years since this has been seen in the Tour de France.
Sprinters will favour the days in the Netherlands, before the route heads into Belgium for some Classics-style parcours and some familiar climbs. Next up is the Alps, with back-to-back mountain stages and a gruelling finish on Alpe d’Huez on the final day – also the queen stage for 2024.
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: Stage-by-stage
Stage | Date | Start | Finish | Distance | Terrain |
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One | 12 August | Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | La Haye (The Netherlands) | 124km | Flat |
Two | 13 August | Dordrecht (The Netherlands) | Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | 67km | Flat |
Three | 13 August | Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | 6.3km | ITT |
Four | 14 August | Valkenburg (The Netherlands) | Liège (Belgium) | 122km | Hilly |
Five | 15 August | Bastogne (Belgium) | Amnéville (France) | 150km | Flat |
Six | 16 August | Remiremont | Morteau | 160km | Hilly |
Seven | 17 August | Champagnole | Le Grand-Bornand | 167km | Mountains |
Eight | 18 August | Le Grand-Bornand | Alpe d'Huez | 150km | Mountains |
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: The jerseys
The jerseys of Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024 replicate those of the Tour de France and classifications are yellow for the overall leader, green for the leader in the points standings, polka-dot for the mountain classification, and white for the best young rider.
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Along with the jersey prizes, there is an award for the most combative rider of each stage, with the winner wearing a red number on the following day. This is awarded each day, with a 'Super Combativity' award decided by a jury at the end of the race for the most active rider throughout the entire event.
There is also a team classification where the time of the first three riders from each team is put together to create a single time. This is then done in a similar way as the individual general classification.
In addition, there are plenty of bonus seconds up for grabs at the race. There are ten, six and four bonus seconds available at the end of each stage for the first three riders, as well as bonus sprints that are dotted throughout the race on key climbs to try and make the racing more entertaining for spectators
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: The teams
22 teams will take part in the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. These include the 15 women’s WorldTour teams, the two best-ranked Continental teams (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling and Lifeplus Wahoo), and five other Continental teams: AG Insurance - Soudal Quick-Step, Arkéa Pro Cycling, Cofidis, St Michel - Mavic - Auber93, Team Coop-Hitec Products.
Women's WorldTour teams
AG Insurance-Soudal
Canyon-SRAM
Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling
FDJ-Suez
Fenix-Deceuninck
Human Powered Health
Lidl-Trek
Liv-AlUla-Jayco
Movistar
Roland
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
Team SD Worx
Team Visma-Lease A Bike
UAE Team ADQ
Uno-X Mobility
Continental teams
TBC
Demi Vollering takes the overall win at Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift: Past winners
2023: Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx
2022: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Movistar Team
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: On TV
The race will be shown live in the UK and Europe on Eurosport and Discovery+. It is expected that viewers in the US will be able to tune in to the action on CNBC and Peacock Premium, like last year.
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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.
He's also fluent in French and Spanish and holds a master's degree in International Journalism.
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