Starting on Sunday, July 23 the 2nd edition of the modern Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will kick off with the Grand Départ set in the Massif Central on July 23 and the finish in Pau on July 30.
The 2023 Tour de France Femmes route will cover 956km and will take the peloton south and into the Pyrénées. There is a mountaintop finish on the iconic Col du Tourmalet on stage 7, the crowning moment of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes, and a stage 8 individual time trial where the overall winner will be crowned.
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The 2023 Tour de France Femmes begins in the Massif Central on July 23, in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, the capital of the Auvergne region. It is a 124km flat race with a decisive final where the winner will take the first yellow jersey of the eight-day race.
Stage 2 on July 24 begins in Clermont-Ferrand with a 148km hilly route into Mauriac that will undoubtedly shake up the GC standings. The peloton will then contest a flatter route on stage 3, July 25, with a 147km route that begins in Collonges-La-Rouge, offers several short climbs and a flat run-in into Montignac-Lascaux.
On July 26, stage 4’s hilly 177km, will be the longest stage of the event with an altitude gain of 2,400 metres. It starts in Cahors but most of the climbing is in the second half of the stage where the puncheurs will be out to play for the finish in Rodez.
As the race heads further south into the Pyrénées, stage 5 on July 27, will begin in Onet-Le-Château. Among the flatter stages, the 126km route does offer a series of short climbs, and a flat run-in to Albi. Albi will also be the start of stage 6 on July 28 with a 122km route that will include four ascents before a flatter finish into Blagnac.
The queen stage of the Tour de France Femmes takes place on the penultimate stage 7 on July 29 with a summit finish at the iconic Tourmalet. Stage 8 will take place in Pau and the peloton will race a 22km time trial to close out the event before the overall champion is crowned.
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