A total of 21 teams have been selected to compete in this year’s Tour de France Femmes, the full collection of 14 UCI Women’s WorldTour teams and seven UCI ProTeams.
The number reflects a reduction from 22 teams across the previous three years, as the UCI held steady by including the full collection of ProTeams to complete the lineup. While no Continental teams received invitations for a second year in a row, this is the first year that UCI rules do not allow for the lower-level women’s teams at WorldTour races.
First-year ProTeams Ma Petite Entreprise and Lotto Intermarché Ladies gain entry for debuts at the Tour. Mayenne Monbana My Pie returns to the Tour with their new branding, having raced last year as Winspace Orange Seal. Cofidis Women Team, St Michel Preference Home – Auber93, Laboral Kutxa Fundación and Volkerwessels Cycling Team complete the ProTeam list.
EF Education-Oatly makes the start for a third consecutive year, this time on the top tier; last year finishing as the ninth best team at the Tour, and with French rider Cédrine Kerbaol earning three top-10s on stages and finishing eighth on GC.
Last year Lidl-Trek’s Pauline Ferrand-Prévot took the top prize as the champion, with former Tour winners on the lower steps of the GC podium – Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ) in second and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) in third. A different team has won the Tour overall each of the last four years, now-retired Annemiek van Vleuten taking the inaugural title in 2022 for Movistar.
FDJ United-SUEZ enters the season as the new number-one WorldTour team, and the French squad could bring a lethal contingency when it names a roster, as their roster still has the three riders who finished in the Tour’s GC top 10 – Vollering, Juliette Berthet and Évita Muzic.
Teams selection 2026 Tour de France Femmes
Women’s WorldTour
- AG Insurance-Soudal
- Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
- EF Education-Oatly
- FDJ United –…
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