The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025 is the fourth edition of one of the flagship stage races of the women’s WorldTour calendar, and this year it's bigger and better than ever.
Expanded from eight to nine days and encompassing both a record distance - 1,165km - and a record elevation gain - 17,240m - this year's race is set to be another blockbuster.
And with Anna van der Breggen back out of retirement, Kasia Niewiadoma looking to defend her crown, and 2023 champion Demi Vollering desperate to regain the title with new team FDJ-Suez, it could also be the most competitive year yet.
Organised by men’s Tour de France organisers ASO and overseen by race director Marion Rousse, the 2025 Tour de France Femmes will take place entirely within French borders after last year's Grand Départ in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Unlike last year's race, which ran entirely separately from the men's Tour de France, the women will get going one day before the men's Tour reaches its finale in Paris on 27 July.
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Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025: Key details
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025: The route
After a Grand Départ and opening two stages in Brittany the race winds its way roughly diagonally through central France, shifting slightly south and east all the way to the finish line in Châtel in Haute-Savoie, near the Swiss border.
Intriguingly, there's no time-trialling in this edition - good news for some, bad news for others. Three flat stages early in the race will provide a happy hunting ground for the sprinters before the GC action really kicks off in the second half, with three mountain ranges - the Armorican Massif in the northwest, Massif Central, and the Alps all looming large.
While Alpe d'Huez, which played host to the thrilling finale of the 2024 race, won't feature, the 2025 parcours includes the Col de la Madeleine, the highest point of this year's race, on stage eight. The Col tops out at 2000m and will come at the end of a short but gruelling queen stage featuring 3,490m of climbing.
Last year the GC battle went right down to the wire, with Demi Vollering missing out by an agonising four seconds, and it looks like the organisers are keen to see another final-day showdown to decide the yellow jersey. After the queen stage there's still one more day in the mountains of Haute-Savoie - no Champs-Élysées procession here - with the fearsome Col de Joux-Plane on the menu before the finish in the ski region of Les Portes du Soleil.
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025: Stage-by-stage
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025: The jerseys
The jerseys of Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025 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.
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 make the racing more entertaining for spectators.
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025: The teams
22 teams will take part in the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. These include the 15 women’s WorldTour teams, the two best-ranked Continental teams, and five other Continental teams.
Women's WorldTour teams
AG Insurance-Soudal
Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling
FDJ-Suez
Fenix-Deceuninck
Human Powered Health
Lidl-Trek
Liv-AlUla-Jayco
Movistar
Roland
Team Picnic PostNL
Team SD Worx-Protime
Team Visma-Lease A Bike
UAE Team ADQ
Uno-X Mobility
Continental teams
TBC
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift: Past winners
2024: Kasia Niewiadoma (Pol) - Canyon-SRAM
2023: Demi Vollering (Ned) - SD Worx
2022: Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) - Movistar Team
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025: 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.
