With simply days to go till the third version of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, confirmed groups are being introduced each day.
The motion begins on Monday, 12 August, with eight levels over seven days, ending on Sunday, 18 August, from Rotterdam to Alpe d’Huez.
Amongst these confirmed as racing the Tour are defending champion – and scorching favorite – Demi Vollering for SD Worx-Protime, the Olympic highway race champion Kristen Faulkner for EF-Oatly-Cannondale, and Olympic time trial gold medallist Grace Brown for FDJ-Suez.
22 groups of seven riders will participate within the Tour: the 15 Girls’s WorldTour groups, together with seven invited Continental squads: Cofidis, EF-Oatly-Cannondale, Tashkent Metropolis, St Michel-Mavic-Auber93, Lotto Dstny, Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi and Arkéa-B&B Resorts. Tashkent, specifically, are fascinating – the Uzbekistani crew acquired invites to all WorldTour occasions in 2024 due to UCI factors scored, largely on the Uzbekistan Nationwide Championships final yr.
The strongest squad is invariably SD Worx-Protime, with defending champion Vollering, and three-time stage winner Lorena Wiebes, however groups like Lidl-Trek, Movistar, Canyon-SRAM and FDJ-Suez will look to upset the established order.
One notable title absent from the Tour for the primary time is Annemiek van Vleuten, who hung up our wheels on the finish of final yr, after profitable the inaugaural race in 2022. Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) will hope to go one higher than two successive third-places on the occasion, particularly now she has damaged her streak of not profitable races. Her Australian teammate Neve Bradbury just lately completed third on the Giro d’Italia Girls, and so shall be one to look at on the highway to Alpe d’Huez.
It’s unknown whether or not Giro champion Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) shall be current, however different top-five GC finishers Juliette Labous (dsm-firmenich PostNL) and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) are racing. Second on the Vuelta Femenina, Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike) and stage winner Évita Muzic (FDJ-Suez) are additionally unconfirmed, however are anticipated to be on the startline.
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Listed below are the introduced groups and riders for the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024 begin record
SD Worx-Protime
VOLLERING Demi
BREDEWOLD Mischa
FISHER-BLACK Niamh
GUARISCHI Barbara
MAJERUS Christine
VAS Blanka
WIEBES Lorena
AG Insurance coverage-Soudal
Arkéa-B&B Resorts
Canyon-SRAM
NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna
BRADBURY Neve
CHABBEY Elise
DYGERT Chloé
PALADIN Soraya
SKALNIAK-SÓJKA Agnieszka
TOWERS Alice
Ceratizit-WNT
KERBAOL Cédrine
ALONSO Sandra
ARZUFFI Alice Maria
BERTON Nina
DE ZOETE Mylene
LACH Marta
SCHWEINBERGER Kathrin
Cofidis
BERTEAU Victoire
ALZINI Martina
KERN Spela
LUDWIG Hannah
NOSKOVA Nikola
ROY Sarah
TALBOT Josie
dsm-firmenich PostNL
LABOUS Juliette
BARALE Francesca
BARBIERI Rachele
GEORGI Pfeiffer
KOCH Franziska
KOOL Charlotte
STORRIE Becky
EF-Oatly-Cannondale
FAULKNER Kristen
CADZOW Kim
EMOND Clara
HENTTALA Lotta
JACKSON Alison
RÜEGG Noemi
VALLIERES MILL Magdeleine
FDJ-Suez
Fenix-Deceuninck
KASTELIJN Yara
DE WILDE Julie
PIETERSE Puck
ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena
SCHREMPF Carina
SCHWEINBERGER Christina
TRUYEN Marthe
Human Powered Well being
CORDON-RAGOT Audrey
EDWARDS Ruth
KASPER Romy
MALCOTTI Barbara
PIKULIK Daria
RAAIJMAKERS Marit
WILLIAMS Lily
Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi
SANTESTEBAN Ane
BLANCO CALBET Yurani
OSTOLAZA ZABALA Usoa
SILVESTRI Debora
SOTO CAMPOS Catalina
TOMASI Laura
TONETTI Cristina
Lidl-Trek
Liv AlUla Jayco
GARCIA Mavi
ANDERSSON Caroline
KOREVAAR Jeanne
PATE Amber
ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby
SMULDERS Silke
TON Quinty
Lotto Dstny
DE JONG Thalita
AINTILA Wilma
ARENS Maureen
BASTIAENSSEN Fauve
DE KEERSMAEKER Audrey
DOCX Mieke
VAN WERSCH Anna
Movistar
LIPPERT Liane
BARIL Olivia
NORSGAARD Emma
GUTIERREZ Sheyla
MACKAIJ Floortje
MARTÍN Sara
MEIJERING Mareille
Roland
St Michel-Mavic-Auber93
BUNEL Marion
AVOINE Alison
FAHY Camille
GUILMAN Victorie
LE MOUEL Célia
MIERMONT Dilyxine
ROUSSEL Elyne
Tashkent Metropolis
UAE Group ADQ
Uno-X Mobility
AALERUD Katrine
AHTOSALO Anniina
BOILARD Simone
CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia
EDSETH Marte Berg
KOSTER Anouska
OTTESTAD Mie Bjørndal
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