Three editions into the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and it gets its first foreign start in Rotterdam (it took the men 51 years to manage it). The Netherlands is the powerhouse of women’s professional cycling and is the natural choice. It’s a race with a bit of everything: a time trial, lumpy Classics terrain and a couple of mountain summit finishes. 2023 British National Champion Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM–firmenich PostNL) explains how she coaxes her team around the route in her crucial role of road captain, after our jam-packed rundown of all the stages and teams of this year’s race.