Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2026 preview
The 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift runs from August 1 to August 9 with a Lausanne start, two early flat stages, a hilly run to Poligny, a 21km Stage 4 time trial in Dijon, Mont Ventoux on Stage 7, and a mountain finale in Nice.
ASO has given the 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift a route that grows tougher in layers. The race begins in Lausanne, gives the sprinters early chances around Lake Geneva, crosses into France on a hilly Stage 3 to Poligny, and then pivots into the 21km individual time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon on Stage 4.
That corrected order matters. Stage 5 is not a time trial; it is a 140km hilly day from Mâcon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais. Stage 6 adds another hilly test to Tournon-sur-Rhône before Stage 7 delivers the headline summit finish on Mont Ventoux. The race then runs to Nice on the longest stage of the week before a short mountain finale around the city.
The route asks for a complete winner. Time-trial strength matters in Dijon, climbing depth matters on Ventoux and in Nice, and the hilly middle stages give aggressive teams chances to unsettle a controlled race before the final weekend.