{"id":433174,"date":"2026-02-19T00:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433174\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:27:08","slug":"four-french-proteams-among-selection-of-21-squads-set-to-race-fifth-edition-of-tour-de-france-femmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/433174\/","title":{"rendered":"Four French ProTeams among selection of 21 squads set to race fifth edition of Tour de France Femmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A total of 21 teams have been selected to compete in this year’s Tour de France Femmes<\/a>, the full collection of 14 UCI Women’s WorldTour teams and seven UCI ProTeams.<\/p>\n

The number reflects a reduction from 22 teams<\/a> across the previous three years, as the UCI held steady by including the full collection of ProTeams to complete the lineup. While no Continental teams received invitations for a second year in a row, this is the first year that UCI rules do not allow for the lower-level women’s teams at WorldTour races<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Now in a fifth edition, the Tour de France Femmes takes place August 1-9 with the start in Lausanne<\/a>, Switzerland, and after a total of two-and-a-half days in Switzerland, the race enters France and culminates with the grand finale in Nice.<\/p>\n

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First-year ProTeam Ma Petite Entreprise gains entry for their debut at the Tour. Lotto Intermarch\u00e9 Ladies returns after a year’s absence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to the step up from continental to procontinental level, we will once again be able to field a team in the biggest race in women\u2019s cycling next summer,\u201d said Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bourlart, CEO of Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9, in a press release. \u201cThis is another important step forward in the development and visibility of our women\u2019s team.”<\/p>\n

Mayenne Monbana My Pie returns to the Tour with their new branding, having raced last year as Winspace Orange Seal. Cofidis Women Team, St Michel Preference Home – Auber93, Laboral Kutxa-Fundaci\u00f3n Euskadi and Volkerwessels Cycling Team complete the ProTeam list.<\/p>\n

EF Education-Oatly makes the start for a third consecutive year, this time on the top tier; last year finishing as the ninth best team at the Tour, and with French rider C\u00e9drine Kerbaol earning three top-10s on stages and finishing eighth on GC.<\/p>\n

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Last year Lidl-Trek’s Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/a> took the top prize as the champion, with former Tour winners on the lower steps of the GC podium – Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ) in second and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) in third. A different team has won the Tour overall each of the last four years, now-retired Annemiek van Vleuten taking the inaugural title in 2022 for Movistar.<\/p>\n

FDJ United-SUEZ enters the season as the new number-one WorldTour team, and the French squad could bring a lethal contingency when it names a roster, as their roster still has the three riders who finished in the Tour’s GC top 10 – Vollering, Juliette Berthet and \u00c9vita Muzic.<\/p>\n

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