{"id":838105,"date":"2026-07-31T12:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838105\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:18:11","slug":"all-the-canadians-racing-the-tour-de-france-femmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838105\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Canadians racing the Tour de France Femmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, the fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes<\/a> is here! And just like last year, there\u2019s a strong Canadian contingent. Each one of the pro women going from this country could fare well in different ways, whether that\u2019s a big stage result\u2014or the overall.<\/p>\n

The Canucks in France<\/p>\n

World champ Magdeleine Valli\u00e8res-Mill (Sherbrooke, Que.) is set to lead the charge after an impressive Giro d\u2019Italia\u2014she always does well when the roads go up, and you know she\u2019ll be in the mix on the climbs. She may serve as a lieutenant for French teammate C\u00e9drine Kerbaol on the tough days, but if she has freedom, look for her to perhaps grab a stage win as well as be up there for the GC.<\/p>\n

Another strong contender is Isabella Holmgren<\/a> (Oro-Medonte, Ont.), who continues to establish herself as one of the peloton\u2019s brightest young climbers. She arrives with a strong Lidl-Trek team, led by Elisa Balsamo. Victoria\u2019s Sarah Van Dam will be looking for a big result with Visma\u2013Lease a Bike, although her main focus will be helping defending champ Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot. Van Dam is a great all-rounder\u2014a solid climber with a killer kick.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kiara Lylyk in white jersey in Volta a Portugal Feminina<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Alison Jackson<\/a> is there with her St Michel\u2013Preference Home\u2013Auber93 team, and you know she will animate the race when she can. If she gets in a move, her finishing sprint could see her snag a dub\u2014she\u2019s already won a stage at the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a Femenina, among her many results.<\/p>\n

National time trial champion Nadia Gontova<\/a> is there with her Liv AlUla Jayco team, and a brand new maple leaf skinsuit. Finally, Kiara Lylyk is there for her second Tour de France Femmes with her Mayenne Monbana My Pie team. The Guelph, Ont., rider has been having a solid 2026, and it\u2019s great to see her back at the TdFF.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Tour de France Femmes<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Tour looks set to be the toughest since the race \u201creturned\u201d in 2022. The nine-stage, 1,175-km route packs in nearly 19,000 m of climbing, a 21-km individual time trial and a summit finish on the legendary Mont Ventoux before wrapping up in Nice.<\/p>\n

The opening stages should offer opportunities for puncheurs, sprinters and breakaway specialists, but the general classification battle is expected to heat up in the mountains. The Ventoux showdown will likely prove decisive before one last demanding stage into Nice gives anyone still within striking distance a final chance to attack.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot returns to defend her title against a stacked field that includes Demi Vollering, Kasia Niewiadoma, Marlen Reusser, Lorena Wiebes, Lotte Kopecky, Puck Pieterse and Kerbaol.<\/p>\n

As always, Canadian Cycling Magazine will have full stage reports, news and analysis throughout the race. Plus, you can catch all the action on FloBikes.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, the fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes is here! And just like last year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[291441,49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-838105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-2026-tour-de-france-femmes","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}