Weekend in Nice, anyone?

The 2026 TDFF route ft. Mont Ventoux 😍

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I would love to write a paragraph about the TDFF route but I am solo avec bebé so I will be brief: Swiss start, love, the return of the ITT will shake things up, Ventoux will be so good and a final weekend in Nice yes please!! What do you reckon?

Amy x

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News 📰

• The 2026 Tour de France Femmes route has been unveiled. The nine-stage race will start in Switzerland before making its way to a finale in Nice via Mont Ventoux.

• In a surprise move, former Roubaix winner Alison Jackson will transfer from EF Education - Oatly to St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 from next year.

• FDJ Suez have knocked SD Worx - Protime off the top of the UCI Women’s WorldTeam rankings, the first team to do so for five years.

• Zwift have extended their title sponsorship of the Tour de France Femmes until 2029.

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Read 🗞️

• The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is headed for Mont Ventoux - Escape Collective

• Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2026: Everything you need to know - Cycling Weekly

• “Nothing stood in her way” - the Yorkshire woman who worked on a farm and was one of the greatest cyclists who ever lived - Cycling Weekly

• Marion Rousse calls 2026 Tour de France Femmes route ‘mischievous’ with ‘pitfalls on practically every stage’ - Cycling News

• 7 Key Takeaways from the 2026 Tour de France Femmes Route - Velo

• ‘It’s absolutely ludicrous’ - British Continental teams unlikely to compete at Tour of Britain Women after UCI rule change - Cycling Weekly

• ‘I’m ready to put in the work on the time trial’ – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot enthusiastic about Ventoux, home roads in the 2026 Tour de France Femmes - Cycling News

• Wheel Talk Newsletter: Nobody loves time trials more than Ellen van Dijk - Escape Collective

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Watch 📺

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Listen 🎧

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Results 🏆

Road

Chrono des Nations (1.1)

1. Ellen van Dijk (Lidl - Trek)

2. Alessia Vigilia (FDJ - SUEZ)

3. Christina Schweinberger (Fenix - Deceuninck)

Tour of Guangxi (1.WWT)

1. Anna Henderson (Lidl - Trek)

2. Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla - Jayco)

3. Usoa Ostolaza (Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi)

CX

Superprestige #1: Ruddervoorde

1. Marion Norbert Riberolle (Crelan - Corendon)

2. Sara Casasola (Crelan - Corendon)

3. Amandine Fouqenet

Track

UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱

Team sprint

1. Netherlands 🇳🇱

2. Great Britain 🇬🇧

3. Australia 🇦🇺

Elimination race

1. Lara Gillespie 🇮🇪

2. Katie Archibald 🇬🇧

3. Helene Hesters 🇧🇪

Scratch race

1. Lorena Wiebes 🇳🇱

2. Amalie Dideriksen 🇩🇰

3. Prudence Fowler 🇳🇿

Team Pursuit

1. Italy (Guazzini, Fidanza, Alzini, Venturelli) 🇮🇹

2. Germany (Brautigam, Brausse, Klein, Sussemilch) 🇩🇪

3. Great Britain (Leech, Barker, Knight, Morris) 🇬🇧

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Upcoming Races 📆

CX

Sunday 26th October: Superprestige #2 Overijse - Vlaamse Druivencross

How to watch:

Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 13:35 CEST

Track

22nd - 26th October: UCI Track Cycling World Championships: Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱

How to watch:

Coverage on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from ~ 22:00 CEST

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That’s all 👋

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Amy x