Tour de France Femmes 2023 - Stage 3 | Tuesday, 25 July | Collonges-La-Rouge - Montignac-Lascaux | 147.2 kilometres
The tour generally continues southwards, but takes a detour northwards through the hills of the Correze department on the third stage between the start and finish. And there are plenty of them. There is hardly a flat kilometre in the first two thirds of the race. However, the climbs are rather shallow, with the five mountain classifications of the day, one in the third category and four in the fourth, rarely steeper than five per cent. At the back, the profile flattens out. The last 25 kilometres are flat or lead downhill. The finish is also flat.
Sporting assessment of the 3rd stage of the Tour de France Femmes
The undulating start to the stage is a real challenge for a breakaway group to try their luck. However, as there are no more climbs in the last 55 kilometres - apart from a climb to the intermediate sprint - the lead would have to be quite large for the winner to come from a group. The more likely scenario is a bunch sprint.
Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes 2023
- Neutral start: 13:30, sharp start 13:45
- Estimated arrival time: between 17:20 and 17:44
- TV broadcast: One - from 15:20, Eurosport 1 - from 15:00
- Live stream: sportschau.de, GCN+, Discovery+, Eurosport
About the Tour de France Femmes
The Tour de France Femmes is one of the most important cycling races in women's cycling and takes place from 23 to 30 July. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The tour consists of a total of eight stages and leads the riders through spectacular landscapes in France. The race director is Marion Rousse. The second edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will take place in 2023. Annemiek van Vleuten from the Netherlands won the premiere in 2022 ahead of her compatriot Demi Vollering and Katarzyna Niewiadoma from Poland.
In 2023, there will be a total of 22 teams with seven female riders each. The complete start list for the women's Tour de France can be found here.
