Tour de France Femmes

Publication date: 05 Sep 2022

About the Tour de France Femmes

The Tour de France Femmes is an annual women’s cycling race in France. It is run by the Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), which also organizes the men’s Tour de France.

Official Tour de France Femmes website

2022 Tour de France Femmes

The first women’s cycling race of the Tour de France began on 24 July 2022, the day the men’s race finished. The women’s Tour de France ended on 31 July with Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten of the Movistar team winning the race. There were 24 teams taking part in the race with 14 from the UCI women’s national team and 10 from the UCI continental women’s teams. The highest percentage of participants were female athletes from the Netherlands.

The event itself was a success and was highly praised by the public, media and riders.

History of women’s cycling

The first women’s Tour de France took place in 1955.

Throughout the history of women’s cycling, the format and names of the organized events have constantly changed:

1984 – 1989 – Tour de France féminin under the direction of the Société du Tour de France;

1990 – 1993 – women’s EEC Tour;

Since 1992 – Women’s Cycling Tour organized by Pierre Bouée;

1998 – 2003 – International Women’s Grande Boucle;

2006 – 2016 – Route de France women’s route organized by the Organization Routes et Cycles association;

Since 2022 – Tour de France Femmes, managed by the Amaury organization.