2026 Etape du Tour Femmes
Vaison-la-Romaine to Mont Ventoux
Thursday 6th August
Tour Dates
Tuesday 4th August to Friday 7th or Saturday 8th August
PRE-REGISTER FROM
£150
Etape du Tour Femmes avec Zwift 2026
with Sportive Breaks
Sportive Breaks is your Tour Operator for the Etape du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. We offer guaranteed entry with our travel and support package, staying at a 2 or 3-star hotel close to the start. Enjoy guided warm-up rides, full mechanical support and on route private feed stations – all included as part of your experience. Additional services include airport transfers from the nearest airport and a bike rental service.
2026 Women’s Tour de France Stage
The 2026 Etape du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will take place on Thursday 6th August, departing from Vaison-la-Romaine in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of France, with a finish on the famous Mont Ventoux.
The route will cover 120KM with 3000m of elevation.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Experience
Our Etape du Tour Femmes package can be 3 or 4 nights long, spanning from Tuesday to Friday or Saturday. In 2026 we will also be offering the unique opportunity to extend your stay and spend the day as a guest of Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women during the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. This experience can be added to your Etape Femmes package – more details to come

Spread your payments: Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking
Hotel for 3 or 4 nights: Perfectly located hotel at the start of the event. Half board and Bed and Breakfast options
Transport: Transport back to your hotel from the base of the Ventoux after the finish of the Etape du Tour Femmes is included
Mechanic support: Expert mechanics on hand for the duration of your stay.
Guided ride: On the Wednesday before the Etape.
Private Feed Stop: For those who have the Sportive Breaks package, leave us your personal nutrition bag for use at our private feed station on the route, where you can also re-energise with the sports nutrition and savoury food provided.
Guaranteed Etape entry: Guaranteed Etape du Tour Femmes 2026 entry can be added to your package.
Official Etape du Tour Femmes Jersey included: Guaranteed Etape du Tour Femmes 2026 entry includes official event shirt made by Santini.
Bike rental: Available for the duration of your stay. Delivered to your hotel, our mechanics will be on hand if you need any help.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike: Available as an optional extra, spend a full day on the route of the final stage with Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women as they seek Tour de France Femmes glory.
See the Pro Tour: The Tour de France femmes will be riding the Vaison la Romaine to Ventoux route on the Friday If you stay until Saturday we can take you to watch this stage.
Airport transfers: Airport transfers from the nearest airport are available to book at set times. Private transfers can be arranged on request at an additional cost.
What's included?
Accommodation
Hotel for 3 or 4 nights at the start
Breakfast and half board options
With early breakfast on Etape day
Guided ride
Day before the Etape
Private feed stops
Additional private feed station on Etape day
Mechanic
Expert mechanic on hand for the duration of your stay
Entry - optional extra at £109
Package Entry includes Santini Jersey and Finish Experience
Airport transfers - optional extra
From local airport at set times as per the itinerary
Transport
Back to your hotel post Etape from the base of the Ventoux
Pre-event briefing
Our experienced guides will tell you what to expect and answer your questions
Watch the Pros
Stay for 4 nights and watch the Pros take on Mont Ventoux
Packages and Prices
At Sportive Breaks we are here to make riding the Etape as stress-free as possible; we’re with you every step of the way! Our local team look forward to welcoming you to France in August 2026 for what promises to be a special festival of cycling.
Prices
- £TBC per person based on two people sharing a twin room (2 single beds) or double bed
- £TBC for a single occupancy room
Extra night on Friday 7th August
- £TBC per person based on two people sharing a twin room (2 single beds) or double bed
- £TBC for a single occupancy room
Included with your package
- 3 or 4 nights accommodation
- Breakfast in the hotel each morning
- The services of our local expert guides and bike mechanics
- Guided warm-up ride
- Mechanic service
- Additional private feed station on the Etape route
- Transfer back after you finish
- Detailed itinerary
- ABTA protected
Optional extras
- Guaranteed entry for the 2026 Etape du Tour Femmes at £109 when booked with a hotel package (includes event jersey)
- Airport transfers from local airport at set times for you and your bike at £TBC return
- VIP experience with Team Visma | Lease a Bike Femmes on Friday 7th August when the pros take on the Etape du Tour stage – More information
Itinerary
Day To Day
We offer airport transfers from Marseille airport which will be available to book as part of our packages at an additional cost of £TBC return.
Group airport transfers
Today we offer regular group airport transfers from the airport and private transfers on request. When you make your booking, you can include the group transfer in your package. Please book a flight that arrives at least 1 hour before your transfer time.
Private transfers can be arranged at an additional cost – please contact: [email protected]
Airport TBC
Transfers from TBC airport will depart at the following times:
- 11:00am (for flights landing before 10:00am)
Please allow at least 1 hour to clear passport control to make our advertised transfers. If your flight lands after the below time, private transfers are available on request.
What about my bike?
You can bring your own bike as you can store it safely at the hotel. You can also rent a bike with us for the weekend. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon and early evening at your hotel to assist you with fitting your rental bike or building your own bike after travel.
After breakfast and any necessary bike mechanical work, we will take you on a supported, guided ride which takes in part of the Etape route.
We’ll be back at the hotel in the afternoon for you to rest and get prepared for tomorrow. You can also visit the Expo to collect your entry pack.
This evening, our bike guides will do a race briefing to talk you through the Etape Femmes day logistics and the route.
Tonight you can eat out in one of the local town’s many restaurants.
We have an early start this morning. Early breakfast is arranged in your hotel.
Start Location
Our hotel is located in Vaison-la-Romaine so it will just be a short roll on your bike to the start of the Etape today.
The 2026 Women’s Tour Stage
Now is the time you have been training for! You can enjoy the ride and the rewarding challenges that it will bring with it as you make your way towards the finish line at the summit of Mont Ventoux.
With Sportive Breaks you can make the most of a private feed station on the route, where you can take on board nutrition and real food options.
The Etape du Tour Femmes has various cut-off points. You need to have passed each cut-off point at a certain time, otherwise you will be eliminated from the race. If you’re eliminated, your bike will go on a bike trailer to the finish, and you will be taken to the finish by bus.
After you finish
You will be able to cycle back down to our hub at the base of the Ventoux where we offer a return transfer shuttle from the finish back to the hotel.
Watch the Pros..
Today the pro riders will take on Mont Ventoux, we will offer a guided ride to a viewing point on the mountain to soak up the incredible atmosphere and see the riders fight for Ventoux glory.
Or choose a VIP experience.
Team Visma | Lease a Bike Experience
Spend the day with one of the best cycling teams. Meet the riders at the team hotel and spend a full day on the stage hosted by a former pro cyclist in an official team car. Lunch included and you will visit the start, the finish and see the action in several locations on the route.
Departing today
After an early breakfast we offer our optional transfers back to the airport at set times listed below.
- 08:00am departure – for flights departing after XXX
Private transfers can be arranged at an additional cost. Please contact: [email protected]
Please note due to the pros starting from Vaison-la-Romaine there will be road closures and heavy traffic in the area.
Alternatively, you can make your own arrangements upon departure today.
After breakfast we offer our optional transfers back to the airport at set times listed below;
- 08:00am departure – for flights departing after 11:30
Private transfers can be arranged at an additional cost. Please contact: [email protected]
Alternatively, you can make your own arrangements upon departure today.
More About the 2026 Etape du Tour Femmes with Sportive Breaks
The L’Etape du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift – 2026 Edition will take place 24 hours before stage 7 of the pro’s race. The route is a modified version of Stage 7, including the iconic ascent of Mont Ventoux from Bedoin, road closures will guarantee a race like enviroment for amateurs.

Our team have been present at the last 15 editions of the Etape du Tour and the first Etape du Tour Femmes Avec Zwift. We are looking forward to once again helping our customers make this brilliant cycling event a success.
If you are interested in cycling this version of the most famous Sportive in the world, book your place on the Etape du Tour Femmes and ride the Queen stage of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes. The 2026 route will promises to be a memorable one.
2025 Etape du Tour Femmes Strava Routes | GPX files
2025 Women’s Tour Stage
2026 NOTIFICATION LIST
If you have any questions, please contact our team [email protected]
You're in safe hands
We have a team of highly experienced professionals who have been organising cycling trips for over 25 years. We are members of ABTA and ATOL meaning you can book with confidence.
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Spread your payments
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Logistics covered
We know the routes, we know the roads. We know how the event works and the best hotels for the start and finish. We organise everything for you; transfers, bike transport, additional feed stops, rep support and more.
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Meet the Sportive Breaks Team
Mathieu Michollet
About Mathieu
Mathieu is an endurance cyclist and has always lived in the French Alps so knows all the mountain passes here like the back of his hand. He regularly organises and takes part in endurance trips alone and with friends including the Seven Majors this summer.
Combining his passion for cycling with his professional career he took his CQP and enjoyed working for several years as pro tour team mechanic working for the French team AG2R.
Meticulous and conscientious, Mathieu will go out of his way to ensure that your bike is roadworthy to help you take on the best cycling routes that France has to offer.
Sarah Wilson
About Sarah
Sarah moved to France from the UK in 1999 after finishing university, she was planning on only staying a few years, however, she fell in love with the French Alps and has made it her home. She has worked in both tourism and the cycle industry over this time in operations and marketing. She currently works in market research when not working for Sportive Breaks.
A keen skier, she also enjoys trail running and the occasional 10km or half marathon, hiking with friends , cycle touring family holidays and even taking on some of the nearby mountain passes on her road bike, including the mythical Alpe d’Huez.
Mike Wilson
About Mike
In the French Alps, you will be looked after by Mike and our local team of bike guides, drivers and mechanics.
Mike has a real passion for Alpine climbs and knows all the major mountain passes in the area having ridden them all many times.
Mike, first moved to France to race for a team in Brittany before settling in the Alps to satisfy his thirst for the high mountains.
He has been racing for over 25 years and recently qualified as a bike guide. Having competed in almost all the big name sportive and Gran Fondo events in the Alps including the Etape du Tour, Marmotte and the Time Megève, Mike still likes to push the limits and has had some respectable results in the Etape du Tour and even some recent podium finishes in local races. Mike is a fully qualified French bike guide and mechanic and has spent the last 20 years honing his skills and experience he is ready to share them with you during your Alpine cycling adventure.
His passion for the Tour De France is legendary and his knowledge of the race and its champions goes back to the 1980’s so he can offer great insights and anecdotes about this iconic race.
Mike’s team of mechanics includes former Pro Tour Team mechanics so you can be sure you will be in good, safe hands!
Where you are hosted by Mike:
- June – Alpe d’Huez Weekender
- June – Raid Alpine
- June – Marmotte
- July – Etape du Tour
- August – Haute Route
- September – Alpe d’Huez Weekender
- October – Ventoux Weekender
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