{"id":32987,"date":"2026-07-31T19:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/tour-de-france-femmes-2026-mont-ventoux-awaits-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:12:44","slug":"tour-de-france-femmes-2026-mont-ventoux-awaits-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/tour-de-france-femmes-2026-mont-ventoux-awaits-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France Femmes 2026: Mont Ventoux awaits for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Riding under Niewiadoma-Phinney on the Canyon-SRAM team is Britain’s Zoe Backstedt,<\/b> who is making her Tour debut.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 21-year-old Welsh rider has an impressive roster of achievements already, with seven wins to her name this season, and a rich family history routed in the Tour.<\/p>\n

Her father Magnus won the 19th stage of the 1998 Tour de France.<\/p>\n

Backstedt will be aiming for the Tour’s stage-four time trial in Dijon, after winning British road race and time-trial titles this year, although her main priority will be supporting the general classification aspirations of her team-mate. <\/p>\n

Her sister Elynor (UAE Team L’imad) will also be riding. <\/p>\n

Five other Britons start the race.<\/p>\n

Picnic-PostNL have three-time British national road race champion Pfeiffer Georgi on their roster giving her team options on the harder transitional stages.<\/p>\n

Team-mate Josie Nelson is another British rider capable of turning a hard stage into a result with enough finishing speed to become dangerous when a smaller group reaches the line.<\/p>\n

Alice Towers <\/b>(EF Education-Oatly) was British road champion in 2022, and has strength in the climbs. <\/p>\n

Millie Couzens (Fenix-Premier Tech) and Robyn Clay (Picnic-PostNL) complete the starting British riders, mainly on supportive duties. <\/p>\n

One notable absentee is 20-year-old Cat Ferguson of Movistar, who misses out on her Tour debut after medical checks revealed two fractures in her ankle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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