Marlen Reusser to lead Movistar Team for Tour de France Femmes

With the clock ticking down to the start of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes, teams are finalising their rosters and the Movistar Team is preparing to rally behind Swiss leader Marlen Reusser as the race kicks off on her home soil in Lausanne.

Reusser, a two-time stage winner in the Tour de France, has had mixed fortunes in the race. She won stage 4 in 2022 but crashed out on the penultimate stage. In 2023, she won the time trial in Pau and finished 28th overall. The next year, illness and injury prevented her from starting, and in 2025 she was forced to withdraw after a crash on stage 1.

Movistar Team for the Tour de France FemmesMarlen ReusserFrancesca BaraleLiane LippertTota MagalhãesSara MartínPaula OstizArlenis SierraFenix-Premier Tech with Pieterse, Kool

Fenix-Premier Tech for the 2026 Tour de France FemmesPuck PieterseSara CasasolaLotte ClaesMillie CouzensYara KastelijnCharlotte KoolChristina SchweinbergerPicnic-PostNL looking for luck

The Picnic-PostNL team have had an unlucky season so far, with not a single victory by the women’s team and just one from the men in April. The Dutch outfit will be hoping to turn their season around in the Tour de France Femmes, where Eleonora Ciabocco will lead their GC hopes and Mia Griffin for the sprint stages, according to coach Callum Ferguson.

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“The Tour de France Femmes has been one of our biggest goals and target races of the season, so we head into it filled with motivation,” Ferguson said in the team announcement.

“However, we’ve also had our fair share of bad luck this season so far and that’s influenced our preparations. Eleonora will be our GC finisher, but we will take it day-by-day with her and without pressure after the unlucky season she’s had.”

Ciabocco dropped out of the Vuelta Femenina after suffering fractures from a crash on stage 2.

“On paper, there look to be a few sprint stages, and we will go into them with Mia as our finisher. Overall, we will look to continue building on the good foundations we’ve been building and grab opportunities with two hands when they arise.”

Picnic-PostNL for Tour de France FemmesEleonora CiaboccoRobyn ClayLucie FityusPfeiffer GeorgiMia GriffinGaia MasettiJosie NelsonUno-X Mobility back Aalerud

Katrine Aalerud will lead Uno-X Mobility for the Tour de France Femmes with the aim of finishing in the top 10 overall. The Norwegian team will be without climber Mie Bjørndal Ottestad, who had to be withdrawn from the line-up after suffering a concussion in a training crash, according to the team announcement.

“We have a team that is fully committed to the team plan, that has put in the work, knows each others strengths and weaknesses and is ready to show what we are capable of,” Anna Badegruber, Head of Sport Women, said.

“Katrine is our leader for the GC, and top 10 is the goal. Next to the GC we want to play different cards and take our chances to go for stage opportunities.

“Several of the riders that we have in the Tour squad have already raced together throughout the other two Grand Tours and have build a strong bond and group. The line-up is balanced between early flat support, late and hilly support and last climbing support. This gives a good foundation for Katrine to be supported throughout the whole race.”

Uno-X Mobility for Tour de France FemmesKatrine AalerudMarte Berg EdsethSigrid Ytterhus HaugsetLaura TomasiTeuntje BeekhuisAlessia VigiliaAnouska KosterCofidis with a mix of youth and experience

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