2025 Tour de France Femmes - Ultimate team-by-team guide

The Tour de France Femmes is the biggest race on the UCI Women’s WorldTour calendar. The event features all 15 WWT teams, and they are joined in the peloton by seven UCI Pro Women’s teams.

Demi Vollering lines up this year for her new team, FDJ-Suez. Her old squad, SD Worx-Protime, remains a powerhouse, with world champion Lotte Kopecky and the returning Anna van der Breggen in the line-up.

Defending champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma will again have the backing of CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto, while Team Visma | Lease a Bike will have an intriguing double act in Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Marianne Vos.

But every team in the peloton will set out from Vannes with high ambitions for the race. Read on for a deeper look at their goals for the nine stages.

Team Leader: Kim Le Court 

Objective: Stage win

Rider to watch: Justine Ghekiere

AG Insurance-Soudal will be coming into this Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in fine spirits. Their season so far has been a success already after Kim Le Court won Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes. The confidence from that victory could provide Le Court with the cutting edge again in the forthcoming battles. Justine Ghekiere, the defending Queen of the Mountains from 2024, performed well in Itzulia Women, finishing fourth, just outside the podium places in the general classification. She will be hoping to recreate her 87km effort from stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, when she took home the win. 

The designated sprinter for AG Insurance-Soudal is Gladys Verhulst-Wild. Her best results, so far this year are fourth place at Le Samyn des Dames, and fifth and sixth place finishes at the UAE Tour Women. Sarah Gigante lines up after an injury-torn year with her last road race being at the UCI World Championships last September.

Team Leader: Marjolein van 't Geloof

Objective: Stage win

Rider to watch: Valentina Cavallar

Arkea B&B Hotels have had just the one victory so far this season and that was all the way back at Omloop Nieuwsblad. Lotte Claes won that day for Arkea B&B Hotels and she will be looking to recreate those heroics in the Tour de France Femmes this year. Getting involved in the sprints for Arkea B&B Hotels will be Marjolein van 't Geloof.  Her best result of the season so far has been a top four finish in Gent-Wevelgem. Arkea B&B Hotels will be heavily reliant on van 't Geloof and also Valentina Cavallar to achieve any results in the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Team Leader: Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney

Objective: GC, Stage wins

Rider to watch: Neve Bradbury

After Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney won the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift by just four seconds, CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto bring class yet again this year. Their weapons for the yellow jersey battle again include the defending champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney. Expect Neve Bradbury to display her class after facing some unfortunate luck in the Vuelta España Femenina which forced her to abandon. 

Chloé Dygert was also a DNF at the 2025 Vuelta España Femenina for CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto. The American would have preferred a time trial in the parcours but she will have to seek out opportunities where she can. Dygert is likely to take responsibility for the sprints too, the punchy nature of these suiting her more than purely flat finishes. 

Team Leader: Sarah Van Dam

Objective: Stage win

Rider to watch: Sarah Van Dam

Young Canadian talent Sarah Van Dam leads Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team into the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Van Dam finished third in the general classification at Itzulia Women, and it will be interesting to see if she can bring that form across a nine-stage race. Mylène de Zoete will be the sprinter of the team. Her best finish was an eighth place on stage 2 of the UAE Tour Women.

Team Leader: Victoire Berteau

Objective: Fight for stage win 

Rider to watch: Julie Bego

Cofidis comes into this Tour de France Femmes struggling for results. Their best UCI Women’s WorldTour result was an eighth-place finish for Valentine Fortin at Classic Brugge-De Panne. Their leader for the race Victoire Berteau is well suited to the hillier terrain and will like her chances of s good result on stage two. 

Julie Bego will be making her Tour debut at just 20 years of age after finishing fifth at the Tour de l'Avenir Femmes in 2024 and could be good for th young rider classification, while 2016 World Champion, Amalie Dideriksen, also lines up for the French squad, giving them more sprint options.  The aim of the Cofidis squad should be to get themselves into the breakaways. 

Team Leader: Cédrine Kerbaol

Objective: GC podium, stage wins

Rider to watch: Letizia Borghesi

EF Education-Oatly come into the 2025 Tour de France Femmes off the back of a great classics season. The team achieved numerous top finishes with the pick of the bunch being Letizia Borghesi's second place at Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, with Alison Jackson in fifth. In the Vuelta España Femenina, Cédrine Kerbaol achieved a fourth place in the general classification and will be looking to go well in her home race after winning a stage last year. 

Kerbaol will be supported in the hills by Noemi Rüegg, who returns after fracturing her collarbone in a crash at Flèche Wallonne Féminine. If Rüegg’s shape is there then there is no reason why she cannot compete for the top finishes in the opening weekend. 

Team Leader: Demi Vollering

Objective: GC 

Rider to watch: Ally Wollaston

Demi Vollering has been a woman on a mission so far in 2025, winning four of the five stage races she has started stage races in which she has competed. Vollering’s most impressive victory was her dominance at the Vuelta España Femenina, where she performed on another level to win the red jersey by over a minute. Vollering will also look to turn a fresh page on last year’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift where she lost by just four seconds. The Dutchwoman will be supported by some top climbers through the likes of Évita Muzic and Juliette Labous. 

Ally Wollaston is a rider to watch for in the versatile sprint stages and potentially can compete on the ramped finish on the opening stage.

Team leader: Puck Pieterse

Objective: Stage wins, GC Podium

Rider to watch: Pauliena Rooijakkers

Fenix-Deceuninck have had a great season so far picking up a classics podium and victory through the tremendous talent Puck Pieterse, and the Dutchwoman will be one of the top favourites to be in the yellow jersey after stage one. Her powerful punch has the potential to blow the opposition out of the water as seen through her victory at the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. 

Rooijakkers will be looking forward to the steep mountains and is aiming to build on her GC podium at the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Rooijakkers’ Vuelta España Femenina didn’t go to plan, but she was able to show her talent, coming fourth on stage 4 to Lagunas de Neila.

Team Leader: Barbara Malcotti

Objective: Stage wins

Rider to watch: Thalita de Jong

After a solid eighth place at the recent Giro d'Italia Women Barbara Malcotti will be the team's designated leader and while she not be a fireworks type rider, she is string, astute and steady, so will be up there.

Thalita de Jong has had a long but difficult career, with injuries affecting her form. The ealy part of the season was very promising, one win and a hatful of top 10 results. She's been out for a whilebut shold have an impact on the punchy finishes. 

The American Lily Williams caught the eye on stage 2 of the UAE Tour Women, and has improved through the season, bagging some great results in a series of one day races.

Team leader: Usoa Ostolaza

Objective: QoM jersey

Rider to watch: Laura Tomasi

Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi will be looking to give a good account of themselves at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. This season, they have picked up just one victory, Laura Tomasi winning the Grand Prix El Salvador. 

Spanish national road champion Usoa Ostolaza’s talents suit the steep climbs, as demonstrated by her fifth place finish on the Lagunas de Neila in the 2025 Vuelta España Femenina and an aggressive ride at the Giro d'Italia Women.

Team leaders: Elisa Balsamo,

Objective: Stage wins, top five GC

Rider to watch:  Niamh Fisher-Black

Lidl-Trek line up for the 2025 Tour de France Femmes aiming to compete on all fronts. Elisa Balsamo is aiming to add a Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift stage to her palmarès and stages three and four look the obvious place for her to try.

Niamh Fisher-Black will lead the team's yellow jersey bid. The NEw Zealander is a great climber, with a decent punch, though she has not replicated her earlier form since joining the American squad over the winter. 

Team leader: Monica Trinca Colonel

Objective: Top ten in the GC

Rider to watch: Monica Trinca Colonel

Liv AlUla Jayco are another team who line with riders for all terrain. For the reduced sprints, they have Monica Trinca Colonel who also will be able to compete around the upper echelons of the general classification. The ever-aggressive Silke Smulders will be looking to get up the road in the hillier stages  

Trinca Colonel heads into the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift on the back of a combative second place at the Italian nationals and decent ride at the Giro, though she failed to finish her home tour. 

Team leader: Marlen Reusser

Objective: GC podium, stage wins

Rider to watch: Liane Lippert

Marlen Reusser has been off to a flyer so far in 2025, staring the year with second place behind Demi Vollering in the Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana. That outcome was repeated in the Vuelta España Femenina but she beat Vollering at the Tour de Suisse, once in a two-up sprint, then on a steep climb.

Liane Lippert is having a great summer, taking tow stage wins at the Giro d'Italia Women, both on punchy courses, so the German may well score in the Tour's opening days.

Team Leader: Petra Stiasny

Objective: Fight for stage wins

Rider to watch: Petra Stiasny

The team has simply not been performing up to the UCI Women’s WorldTour standards this year but will hope to change that when it comes to July and August.

Petra Stiasny will have the weight of the team on her shoulders. A latecomer to the sport, the Swiss rider is an excellent climber, so should be present later in the week, though she does struggle in the bunch.

Look to Irish champion Mia Griffin in the punchy sprint stages, she's had a couple of wins this year and will be hungry for more 

Team Leader: Alicia González

Objective: Fight for stage wins

Alicia González leads the French team into their home race. González is a rider who prefers the rougher terrain but also is not afraid to get involved in, in a bunch sprint. Lucie Fityus may also get herself into the thick of things in a sprint but has not found her form from the Tour Down Under at the start of the season.

With the loss of the talented Marion Bunel to Team Visma | Lease a Bike, it's going to be interesting see how St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 fill the void left in the team.

Team Leader: Charlotte Kool

Objective: Green jersey

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift started off with a bang for Team Picnic PostNL with Charlotte Kool taking the first two stages along with the yellow jersey. Kool has only one win this year, though that came recently at the Baloise LAdies Tour, though she crashed hard there and may struggle to recover form her injuries. 

Pfeiffer Georgi returns to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after a serious crash on stage five of last year's race ended her 2024 season. 

Team Picnic PostNL'sGC rider is young talent, Nienke Vinke. At 20 years old Vinke has already picked up her first top ten in a classic at La Flèche Wallonne Féminine. She could be an interesting top ten contender in the opening stage, if the scenario is a reduced sprint.

Team Leader(s): Lotte Kopecky, Anna van der Breggen

Objective: Yellow jersey, green jersey

Rider to watch: Mischa Bredewold

Lotte Kopecky returns to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after missing 2024. After her Tour of Flanders magic this year, her account for the season hasn’t been extended. Lotte Kopecky, however, will be one of the huge favourites for the opening stage and consequently, wearing the yellow jersey. 

Her teammate, European road champion, Lorena Wiebes has been unbeatable in the sprints this year and can surive some serious climbing and uphill finishes. Mischa Bredewold has a good kick too, so the team are well served for the faster finishes.

We've also seen the return of four time Giro winner Anna van der Breggen after a three-year absence, working as a sports director for the team. While she bagged third overall at the Vuelta España Femenina, her form was questionable at the Giro.

Team Leaders: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Marianne Vos 

Objective: GC, green jersey, stage wins

Rider to watch: Marion Bunel

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in her return to road cycling made the claim that she is returning to win the Tour de France Femmes. After her incredible performance in Paris-Roubaix Femmes there is no reason why this cannot be the case. Team Visma | Lease a Bike also bring Marion Bunel for a second appearance t in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Winner of the Tour de l'Avenir Femmes by over two minutes in 2024, she is going to be right up there come the end of stage nine.

Marianne Vos will be looking to add to her 257 wins and her two green jerseys this year. She will be led out by the young Briton Imogen Wolff, who has already contributed excellently this year.

Team Leader: Elisa Longo Borghini

Objective: Stage win

Rider to watch: Lara Gillespie

UAE Team ADQ bring a team  built around Elisa Longo Borghini, fresh after a second consecutive general classification win at her home race, the Giro d'Italia Women. A Tour de France Femmes stage win is a gap in her illustrious palmarès, though she has only finished the race once out of two starts.

Her key domestique at the Giro, Silvia Persico is not starting but the team is strong enough to support a GC challenge. For the sprinting stages look to Lara Gillespie, the Irish woman had a great classics season, while Eleonora Gasparrini also has a great kick after a tough day. 

Team Leader: Mie Bjørndal Ottestad

Objective: Stage win

Rider to watch: Linda Zanetti

Mie Bjørndal Ottestad got UNO-X Mobility’s first ever World Tour victory in the second stage of the Vuelta Burgos. It will be interesting to see if the momentum from that great achievement will be carried forward into the Tour de France Femmes. Another rider, Linda Zanetti will be looking to grab a stage in the Tour after winning a stage at the Tour de l'Avenir Femmes in 2023.

Team Leader: Margot Vanpachtenbeke

Objective: Stage win

Volkerwessels have a slightly under par season, with only one win to their name so far. Normally competitive and always aggressive they will hope to remedy that over the next nine days.

Margot Vanpachtenbeke could be the woman to ease some of the Dutch team's ills. Great on the punchy climbs, she is in form after some good results in the lead up to the Tour.

Team Leader: Karolina Perekitko

Objective: Stage win

Winspace Orange Seal will be making their debut as a team at the Tour de France Femmes. Karolina Perekitko will be their designated leader and the Polish rider recently performed well at the Itzulia Women. It remains to be seen if she will be able to compete towards the end of the race in the longer mountains. Aurela Nerlo, the breakaway hero from Omloop Nieuwsblad, will be hoping to recreate that exploit here.