Tour de France Femmes 2022: Route and stages of the women's Tour of France

The women's Tour de France will start on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Sunday, 24 July 2022. The first stage will therefore take place on the same day as the final stage of the Men's Tour de France will take place. The women's peloton will then race across France over seven more days.

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Women's Tour de France 2022

• From 24 to 31 July 2022
• 8 stages
• 24 teams with six female drivers each

Tour de France Femmes: From the Eiffel Tower to the Vosges Mountains

The Champs-Élysées boulevard in Paris becomes the venue for the rebirth of the Tour de France for women. People have almost forgotten that there was once a stage race of the same name, but it was cancelled by the joint race organiser ASO for financial reasons.

On 24 July 2022, the race will make its comeback at the same place where the men arrive in Paris after three weeks of the Tour of France. "We wanted to start in Paris to have a symbolic handover from the men's to the women's race," explains former professional cyclist Marion Rousse, who will act as race director for the premiere.

• Marion Rousse in an in-depth TOUR interview
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• The TV ratings of the Tour de France Femmes

24 teams of six cyclists are then due to start. The race has a total of eight stages leading to the finale in the Vosges, where two difficult mountain stages await the cyclists.

Before that, the race will cover a variety of flat to hilly terrain, including gravel roads in Champagne on the fourth stage of the day. On the seventh day of the race, the preliminary decision is likely to be made on the ride over the Vosges peaks of Petit Ballon, Platzerwasel and Grand Ballon to the high-altitude finish at the Markstein.

The first winner of the women's Tour de France of the new era will be celebrated on 31 July 2022 after the mountain finish on the Planche des Belles Filles. There will be a prize money of 50,000 euros for the woman in the yellow jersey of the Tour de France Femmes - around a tenth of the amount for the men's winner.

The stages of the women's Tour de France

Stage 1 | Paris Tour Eiffel - Champs-Élysées | 81.6 km (24.07.)

• To the race report of stage 1

Stage 2 | Meaux - Provins | 136.4 km (25.07.)

• To the race report of stage 2
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Stage 3 | Reims - Épernay | 133.6 km (26.07.)

• To the race report of stage 3

Stage 4 | Troyes - Bar-sur-Aube | 126.8 km (27.07.)

• To the race report of stage 4

Stage 5 | Bar-le-Duc - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 175.6 km (28/07)

• To the race report of stage 5

Stage 6 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges - Rosheim | 129.2 km (29.07.)

• To the race report of stage 6

Stage 7 | Sélestat - Le Markstein | 127.1 km (30.07.)

• To the race report of stage 7

The climbs of stage 7 in detail

Stage 8 | Lure - La Super Planche des Belles Filles | 123.3 km (31.07.)

The final ascent to the Super Planche des Belles Filles

• To the race report of stage 8

There is no time trial competition in the women's Tour de France. "We're not ruling out that there will be in the future. Because it's clear that time trials are part of the Tour de France. We decided against it for the premiere because otherwise we would have had to do without a flat stage, which attracts more spectators," said race director Marion Rousse in the TOUR interview.

Here you can find more information about the Tour de France Femmes 2022.