Tour de France Femmes bikes 2023: who’s riding what?

All the bikes and components in the second edition of the women’s Tour de France

By Paul Norman

2023-07-22 09:00:25

The 2023 Tour de France covers 956km (594 miles) over its eight stages, which start on 23 July, the day the men’s Tour de France finishes.

The penultimate stage finishes atop the Col du Tourmalet. All eyes will be on Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar to see if she can achieve her aim of completing the Vuelta-Giro-Tour treble in 2023, prior to her retirement later this year.

Read on for a complete list of the bikes in this year’s Tour de France Femmes, along with the groupsets, tyres and other parts they’re fitted with. We also serve up our pick of some of the new bikes and tech to keep an eye out for at the 2023 Tour de France Femmes.

Tour de France Femmes 2023 bike brands

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Annemiek van Vleuten will be looking to defend her win at the second Tour de France Femmes.
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There are 22 teams competing in the 2023 Tour de France Femmes. Many are homologues of the men’s teams, so they have almost the same bikes and equipment, even if the sponsor names are slightly different.

That number comprises the 15 Women’s WorldTour teams and seven invited teams from the second tier of women’s pro racing.

Read on for more details of each team’s bikes, wheels and other kit.

Bike brands represented at the Tour de France Femmes

  • Bianchi (Arkéa Pro Cycling Team)
  • Cannondale (EF Education-Tibco-SVB, St Michel-Mavic-Auber93)
  • Canyon (Canyon//SRAM Racing, Fenix-Deceuninck, Movistar Team) 
  • Cervélo (Team Jumbo-Visma)
  • Colnago (UAE Team ADQ) 
  • Dare (Uno-X Pro Cycling) 
  • Felt (Human Powered Health)
  • Factor (Israel Premier Tech Roland)
  • Giant (Team Coop-Hitec Products)
  • Lapierre (FDJ-Suez)
  • Liv (Liv Racing TeqFind, Team Jayco AlUla)
  • Look (Cofidis Women Team)
  • Orbea (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team)
  • Ribble (Lifeplus-Wahoo)
  • Scott (Team DSM-Firmenich)
  • Specialized (AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep Team, Team SD Worx)
  • Trek (Lidl-Trek)

What’s new in Women’s WorldTour tech?

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The Cofidis Women Team will also race the Tour de France Femmes aboard the new Look 795 Blade RS.
Simon von Bromley / Our Media

The Tour de France Femmes is arguably the sport’s primary shop window.

With that in mind, we can be sure to see the teams and riders using the latest and greatest kit available from their sponsors.

In terms of new bikes, we expect to see the Cofidis Women Team aboard the recently released Look 795 Blade RS, and the fourth-generation Cannondale SuperSix Evo LAB71 being raced by EF Education-Tibco-SVB.

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Israel Premier Tech Roland could be racing the new Factor O2 VAM.
Simon von Bromley / Our Media

Israel Premier Tech Roland riders might be aboard the new Factor 02 VAM, which is being used by Israel-Premier Tech’s Simon Clarke in the men’s race.

Whether this counts as a new bike is debatable, but we’re also intrigued to see whether last year’s yellow jersey winner, Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar Team, will be racing the updated Canyon Aeroad CFR that Mathieu van der Poel has been using this season.

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Annemiek van Vleuten might be riding the subtly updated Canyon Aeroad CFR.
Simon von Bromley / Our Media

Elsewhere, we hope Lidl-Trek riders will be treated to similarly outlandish custom paintjobs as the men’s team received for the Tour.

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Mads Pedersen and his Lidl-Trek teammates have been riding some extremely eye-catching bikes at this year’s Tour.
George Scott / Our Media

Is there any chance we might see a new Specialized Tarmac SL8 break cover at the Tour de France Femmes?

With pictures purportedly showing the new road bike having leaked from a Soudal-QuickStep team camp in recent days, AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep or Team SD Worx (both Specialized-sponsored teams) could be set to give it a race debut.

As always, we’ll keep our eyes peeled.

A rare Ultegra appearance

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Ultegra will make an appearance at the Tour de France Femmes – a rare sight at the top end of the sport.
Dario Belingheri/Getty Images

All the teams are on their brands’ top-tier groupset, with the exception of Team Coop-Hitec Products, who appear to be riding Shimano Ultegra. As we pointed out in our Shimano Ultegra review, it’s not much of a sacrifice because the internals are the same, Ultegra just weighs a little more.

There’s no pro-level 54/40t option for Ultegra chainrings either, but Dura-Ace chainrings are interchangeable.

SRAM dominates

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SRAM and its sub-brands are heavily represented at the Tour de France Femmes.
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It’s also notable that no women’s teams are using Campagnolo groupsets or wheels. AG2R Citroen Team, the only men’s WorldTour team using Campagnolo this year, has no equivalent women’s outfit and if there are women’s teams in the lower echelons riding Campagnolo, they haven’t been invited to the Tour de France Femmes.

Despite this, Shimano is less dominant in the women’s Tour than in the men’s. However, that free space is taken up by SRAM, with six women’s teams using Red AXS, versus three men’s teams.

SRAM makes its presence felt in the women’s race more than in the men’s with its other brands, Time pedals and Hammerhead computers, being more extensively represented in the Tour de France Femmes. Wahoo Speedplay pedals are used more in the women’s peloton too.

There’s also room for two-wheel brands that don’t make a men’s Tour de France appearance: Hunt and Mavic.

Tour de France Femmes 2023 bikes

All 15 Women’s WorldTour teams ride the Tour de France and every one of them gets the pick of the best bikes from their sponsors’ ranges. That includes all teams using 12-speed wireless/semi-wireless electronic groupsets on their road bikes and a choice of top-spec carbon wheels.

The seven invited Women’s Continental-level teams too are almost all on range-topping bikes and equipment.

Read on for a breakdown of who’s riding what.

AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep Team (AGS)

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AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep Team are one of two riding the S-Works Tarmac SL7.
AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep Team
  • Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7/Roubaix/Shiv (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Roval
  • Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, CeramicSpeed, Tacx, Garmin

Arkéa Pro Cycling Team (ARK)

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As with the men, the women’s Arkéa team will be riding the Bianchi Oltre RC.
  • Bikes: Bianchi Specialissima/Oltre RC/Aquila (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Shimano
  • Finishing kit: Bianchi, Continental, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Canyon//SRAM Racing (CSR)

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The Canyon//SRAM women’s team is one of three riding the Aeroad.
Canyon//SRAM
  • Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR/Speedmax CF SLX (TT)
  • Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
  • Wheels: Zipp 303 Firecrest
  • Finishing kit: Canyon, Schwalbe, Ergon, Elite, Hammerhead, Time

Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team (WTN)

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Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team rides bikes from Orbea.
Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
  • Bikes: Orbea Orca Aero/Ordu (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/FSA chainset
  • Wheels: Vision Metron
  • Finishing kit: Orbea, Prologo, Wolfpack, Wahoo

Cofidis Women Team (COF)

"Look
The Look 795 Blade RS is new for this season.
Look Cycles
  • Bikes: Look 795 Blade RS/796 Monoblade RS (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Corima
  • Finishing kit: Look, SRM, Michelin, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

EF Education-Tibco-SVB (TIB)

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EF Education-Tibco-SVB are riding the lightweight SuperSix Evo LAB71.
Zac Williams
  • Bikes: Cannondale LAB71 SuperSix EVO/SuperSlice (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/FSA cranks and chainrings
  • Wheels: Vision Metron
  • Finishing kit: FSA, Wahoo Speedplay, 4iiii, Vittoria, Prologo, Tacx, Wahoo

FDJ-Suez (FST)

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The Lapierre Xelius SL 10.0 bikes’ paintjob is designed using AI.
Lapierre
  • Bikes: Lapierre Aircode DRS/Aérostorm DRS (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace/PRO
  • Finishing kit: PRO, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Garmin

Fenix-Deceuninck (FED)

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A second team on the Canyon Aeroad, here with wide tyres for Paris-Roubaix.
James York / Matt Grayson / Our Media
  • Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR/Ultimate CFR/Speedmax CFR Disc (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Finishing kit: Canyon, Vittoria, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Human Powered Health (HPW)

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Another shot from Paris-Roubaix, this time of Human Powered Health’s Felt AR Aero.
James York / Matt Grayson / Our Media
  • Bikes: Felt FR/AR/DA (TT)
  • Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
  • Wheels: Vision
  • Finishing kit: Vision, Wahoo Speedplay, Goodyear, Selle Italia, Arundel, Wahoo

Israel Premier Tech Roland (CGS)

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Israel Premier Tech Roland ride a range of Factor bikes, including the Ostro VAM.
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  • Bikes: Factor Ostro VAM/O2 VAM/Slick (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/Rotor Aldhu chainset
  • Wheels: Black Inc 30/45 /60
  • Finishing kit: Black Inc, Shimano, Maxxis, Selle Italia, Elite, Hammerhead

Lifeplus-Wahoo (DRP)

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Lifeplus-Wahoo ride the Ribble Endurance SL R.
Ribble
  • Bikes: Ribble Endurance SL R/Ultra TT (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Mavic Cosmic SLR
  • Finishing kit: PRO, Continental, Selle Italia, Elite, Hammerhead

Lidl-Trek (LTK)

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This was Elisa Longo Borghini’s Trek Emonda for Paris-Roubaix.
Trek
  • Bikes: Trek Madone SLR/Émonda SLR/Domane/Speed Concept (TT)
  • Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
  • Wheels: Bontrager Aeolus
  • Finishing kit: Bontrager, Time, Pirelli, Wahoo

Liv Racing TeqFind (LIV)

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An all-Giant setup sees Liv bikes with Cadex wheels and tyres.
Liv Racing TeqFind
  • Bikes: Liv Langma Advanced SL/Enviliv Advanced Pro/Avow Advanced Pro (TT)
  • Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
  • Wheels: Cadex
  • Finishing kit: Cadex, Giant

Movistar Team (MOV)

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Can van Vleuten turn her Aeroad yellow again this year?
Movistar
  • Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR/Speedmax CF SLX (TT)
  • Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
  • Wheels: Zipp 303 Firecrest
  • Finishing kit: Canyon, Look, Continental, Fizik, Elite, Garmin

St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 (AUB)

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St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 ride the Cannondale SuperSix Evo.
St Michel-Mavic-Auber93/Thomas Maheux
  • Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix EVO/SuperSlice (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Mavic Cosmic SLR
  • Finishing kit: Cannondale, Stages, Look, Michelin, Prologo, TA

Team Coop-Hitec Products (HPU)

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Coop Hitec is another team on Liv bikes, but with wheels from Hunt.
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  • Bikes: Liv Langma Advanced SL/Avow Advanced Pro (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Ultegra
  • Wheels: Hunt 44 Aerodynamicist
  • Finishing kit: Wahoo Speedplay, Schwalbe, Wahoo

Team DSM-Firmenich (DSM)

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The DSM-Firmenich women’s team, as the men’s, rides the Scott Foil RC.
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  • Bikes: Scott Foil RC/Plasma RC (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Finishing kit: Syncros, Vittoria, Elite, Wahoo

Team Jayco AlUla (JAY)

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Jayco AlUla’s bikes are an all-Giant build with Liv frames and Cadex finishing kit.
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  • Bikes: Liv Enviliv Advanced SL / Langma Advanced SL / Avow Advanced Pro (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: Cadex 36, 42, 65
  • Finishing kit: Cadex, Shimano, Vittoria, Cadex, Giant

Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV)

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The Jumbo-Visma women’s team rides the Cervélo R5 Disc aero bike.
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  • Bikes: Cervélo R5 Disc/S5/Caledonia/P5 (TT)
  • Groupset: SRAM Red eTap
  • Wheels: Reserve 52/63
  • Finishing kit: Cervélo/FSA, Wahoo, Vittoria, Fizik, Tacx, Garmin

Team SD Worx (SDW)

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Team SD Worx rides the S-Works Tarmac SL7.
Team SD Worx
  • Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7/Shiv (TT)
  • Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
  • Wheels: Roval Rapide CLX II
  • Finishing kit: Roval, Time, Specialized, Tacx, Garmin

UAE Team ADQ (UAD)

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The team has swapped to Shimano groupsets and ENVE wheels from Campagnolo for 2023.
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  • Bikes: Colnago V4Rs/K.one (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: ENVE
  • Finishing kit: Colnago, Favero, Continental, Prologo, Eite, Wahoo

Uno-X Pro Cycling (UXT)

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Uno-X’s women’s and men’s teams both ride bikes from Norwegian brand Dare.
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  • Bikes: Dare VSRu/TSRf (TT)
  • Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
  • Wheels: DT Swiss
  • Finishing kit: Dare, Schwalbe, Pro, CeramicSpeed, Elite, Garmin