Demi Vollering in shape to retain title at booming Tour de France Femmes

Demi Vollering in shape to retain title at booming Tour de France Femmes

As the race starts on Monday the Dutch rider is favourite to win again but the fruits of expansion are spread unevenly

The fast-tracked growth of the Tour de France Femmes gathers further pace on Monday, when the 2024 edition of the women’s race starts in Rotterdam, its first foreign Grand Départ. Less than 24 hours after the Olympic closing ceremony, 22 teams of seven riders will roll away from the Dutch city to race almost 1,000km in seven days, climaxing with a set-piece mountain finish on Alpe d’Huez.

Over eight stages, including a split stage of road race and time trial on Tuesday, the peloton will race south from the Low Countries to the Alps, via the Ardennes, Vosges and Jura. The highest point will be the 1,924 metre Col du Glandon, appearing on stage eight’s route to the Alpe, when the peloton will tackle just under 4,000 metres of climbing.

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