Tour de France Femmes 2023 - Stage 7 | Saturday, 29 July | Lannemezan - Tourmalet Bagneres-de-Bigorre | 89.8 kilometres
The decisive stage for the Tour victory begins short and crisp. In just 90 kilometres, 2613 metres of altitude have to be overcome. After a 13-kilometre descent from the Col d'Aspin, it's straight into the climb to the legendary Tourmalet. With an average gradient of 7.3 per cent, the 17-kilometre ascent to the roof of this year's women's Tour de France is merciless. The Pyrenean giant is regularly on the men's programme and was climbed for the first time in 1910 by the then Tour de France winner Octave Lapize.
Lisa Brennauer's assessment of stage 7 of the women's Tour de France
"With Aspin and Tourmalet, clearly the queen stage. Anyone who shows weakness here probably has no chance of winning the overall classification. But it's also a stage where you can still turn a deficit into a lead. Definitely a day for the absolute mountain specialists and a great opportunity to decide the overall standings in advance."
Lisa Brennauer's tip for the stage win: Demi Vollering
About Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Brennauer was the most successful German cyclist between 2010 and 2020. Born in the Allgäu, she won seven world titles on the road and track and was Olympic champion in the team pursuit at the 2021 Olympic Games. She ended her career in the Ceratizit-WNT team in 2022 after the European Championships in Munich. The 35-year-old sports soldier works as a coach for the BDR and is the sporting director of the Gran Prix Stuttgart & Region women's race.
Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of stage 7 of the Tour de France Femmes 2023
- Neutral start: 16:15, sharp start 16:25
- Estimated arrival time: between 19:06 and 19:25
- TV broadcast: One - from 16:05, Eurosport 1 - from 17:00
- 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.
