The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has quickly built a short but already dramatic roll of honour. Since its modern launch in 2022, every edition has produced a different kind of winner: a dominant champion, a mountain breakthrough, a four-second thriller and a home victory that landed with huge force in France.
That makes the winners list more interesting than a simple table. Annemiek van Vleuten won through overwhelming mountain superiority. Demi Vollering won by breaking the race on the Tourmalet. Kasia Niewiadoma won by surviving one of the closest finales in modern cycling. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won by taking control in the Alps and then confirming it in yellow.
The 2026 edition has not been raced yet. It is scheduled for 1-9 August 2026, with the next champion still to be decided. For the full modern route context, see our Tour de France Femmes 2026 route guide and our beginner’s guide to Tour de France Femmes 2026.
Quick answer: who has won the Tour de France Femmes?
Four riders have won the modern Tour de France Femmes: Annemiek van Vleuten in 2022, Demi Vollering in 2023, Kasia Niewiadoma in 2024 and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in 2025. No rider has yet won the race twice since its 2022 relaunch.
| Year | Winner | Team | Winning margin | How they won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Movistar Team | 3:48 | Dominated the Vosges mountain stages |
| 2023 | Demi Vollering | Team SD Worx | 3:03 | Took control on the Col du Tourmalet |
| 2024 | Kasia Niewiadoma | Canyon SRAM | 0:04 | Held on in a dramatic Alpe d’Huez finale |
| 2025 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | Team Visma Lease a Bike | 3:42 | Broke the race open in the Alps |
For the wider story behind the modern race and its earlier predecessors, see our complete history of the Tour de France Femmes.
Tour de France Femmes winners by year
2022: Annemiek van Vleuten
Annemiek van Vleuten was the first winner of the modern Tour de France Femmes, and she won it in exactly the way many expected her to: by turning the mountains into a private race.
The 2022 edition began in Paris and ran for eight stages, with Marianne Vos lighting up the opening week and holding yellow through the flatter and hillier early stages. Van Vleuten, meanwhile, had to manage illness and a difficult start before the race finally reached terrain that suited her.
Once the Tour hit the Vosges, everything changed. Stage 7 to Le Markstein was the decisive day. Van Vleuten attacked from distance, dropped the other general classification contenders and took yellow in emphatic fashion. It was the kind of performance that made the rest of the race feel settled before the final stage had even begun.
She then confirmed the victory the next day on La Super Planche des Belles Filles. Demi Vollering tried to challenge her on the final climb, but Van Vleuten had too much strength. She won the stage in yellow and finished the race 3:48 ahead of Vollering, with Kasia Niewiadoma third at 6:35.
What made the 2022 win so striking was the scale of the turnaround. For much of the opening week, the race belonged to Vos and the punchier riders. Then Van Vleuten reached the high mountains and changed the entire story in two days.
It was a fitting first edition for the revived race. The Tour de France Femmes needed a champion with status, and Van Vleuten gave it one of the strongest stage-race riders in the history of women’s cycling. Our race report on Van Vleuten winning the rebooted Tour de France Femmes captured the scale of that first modern yellow jersey, while her wider career is covered in our feature on Annemiek van Vleuten’s late-career dominance.
2023: Demi Vollering
Demi Vollering’s 2023 victory was a statement win. She had been second in 2022, beaten clearly by Van Vleuten in the mountains. A year later, she returned as the strongest climber in the race and the rider who finally shifted the balance at the top of Dutch stage racing.
The 2023 edition ran from Clermont-Ferrand to Pau, with the decisive weekend saved for the Pyrenees. Lotte Kopecky, Vollering’s SD Worx teammate, wore yellow for much of the race after winning stage 1 and then defending the jersey with impressive consistency. But once the race reached the Col d’Aspin and the Col du Tourmalet on stage 7, Vollering took over.
Her attack on the Tourmalet was the defining move of the race. She distanced Van Vleuten, Niewiadoma and the rest of the GC field, won the stage and moved into yellow with a commanding advantage. It was not only a stage win. It was the moment the race passed from one Dutch champion to another.
The final stage was a 22.6km time trial in Pau. Vollering did not need to win it, but she did need to stay calm. Marlen Reusser won the stage for SD Worx, while Vollering completed the overall victory. Kopecky finished second overall at 3:03, with Niewiadoma third on the same time as Kopecky but placed behind her after the time-trial tie-break.
The 2023 Tour was also a demonstration of SD Worx strength. Kopecky won green, Vollering won yellow, Reusser won the final time trial and the team controlled the decisive moments. But Vollering’s Tourmalet ride remains the performance that defined the race.
Her win mattered because it was not inherited, not cautious and not simply the result of team strength. It was won uphill, against Van Vleuten, on one of cycling’s most famous climbs. The importance of the Tourmalet to women’s racing is also reflected in our Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées 2026 route guide, where the climb again sits at the centre of a major women’s stage race.
2024: Kasia Niewiadoma
Kasia Niewiadoma’s 2024 Tour de France Femmes victory was the opposite of Van Vleuten’s 2022 dominance. It was not a race won by minutes. It was won by four seconds.
The 2024 edition started in Rotterdam and ended on Alpe d’Huez, with the schedule moved because of the Paris Olympics. Demi Vollering began as defending champion and looked the strongest rider in the race, but a crash on stage 5 to Amnéville changed everything. Vollering lost time, Niewiadoma moved into yellow, and the race became a pursuit.
That pursuit came to its final point on stage 8, from Le Grand-Bornand to Alpe d’Huez. Vollering attacked on the Col du Glandon and put Niewiadoma under severe pressure. For long stretches, it looked as though the defending champion might take the Tour back.
The tactical picture became complicated. Vollering was joined by Pauliena Rooijakkers, another rider with overall ambitions, but collaboration was not always smooth. Behind them, Niewiadoma fought to limit the damage with a chasing group that also included riders chasing their own podium hopes.
On Alpe d’Huez, the gap moved constantly. Vollering won the stage, Rooijakkers finished second, and Niewiadoma crossed the line having done just enough. Four seconds separated first and second overall. Rooijakkers finished third, only ten seconds behind Niewiadoma.
It was the closest finish in the modern race and one of the most dramatic final stages in any recent Grand Tour. Our report on Niewiadoma clinching the Tour de France Femmes title in a dramatic Alpe d’Huez finale covered the immediate finish-line drama, while the other side of the story was explored in our piece on Vollering’s four-second Tour de France Femmes heartbreak.
Niewiadoma’s victory was built on consistency, resilience and an ability to keep fighting when the race seemed to be slipping away. She had been third in 2022 and third again in 2023. In 2024, she finally turned years of podium-level consistency into yellow.
Photo Credit: Getty2025: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot’s 2025 victory was the most emotional win in the race’s modern history.
A French rider winning the Tour de France Femmes was always going to carry extra weight, but the manner of Ferrand-Prévot’s victory made it feel even bigger. She had returned to road racing after years of extraordinary success off-road, including mountain bike and cyclo-cross world titles and Olympic gold. The question was not whether she had class. It was whether she could convert that engine into a nine-day WorldTour stage race.
The answer came in the Alps.
The 2025 edition was the first modern Tour de France Femmes to run over nine stages. It began in Brittany, moved through transition terrain and then built towards a hard Alpine finale. For much of the race, the general classification was open. Then Ferrand-Prévot took command on stage 8 to Saint François Longchamp-Col de la Madeleine.
That stage changed everything. Ferrand-Prévot attacked, won the stage and opened a decisive gap over her rivals. Demi Vollering, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, Sarah Gigante and the other contenders were left chasing a rider who suddenly looked in full control of the race. Our stage report on Ferrand-Prévot conquering the Madeleine and taking yellow shows how quickly the race turned in her favour.
The next day, she did not simply defend yellow. She won again on stage 9 to Châtel, taking a second consecutive mountain stage and sealing the overall victory in the leader’s jersey. That final performance is covered in our report on Ferrand-Prévot sealing overall victory with a stage 9 triumph in Châtel.
Her final margin was 3:42 over Vollering, with Niewiadoma-Phinney third at 4:09. It was the clearest winning margin since Van Vleuten’s 2022 triumph and the first home victory in the modern Tour de France Femmes. The final standings are broken down in our 2025 Tour de France Femmes final GC report.
Ferrand-Prévot’s win also changed the tone of the race in France. It gave the revived event its first French champion and created a national moment around the women’s Tour that had been building since the race returned in 2022. For more on what that meant beyond the result sheet, see our feature on the 2025 Tour de France Femmes as a record-breaking success.
Photo Credit: GettyTour de France Femmes winners ranked by margin
| Year | Winner | Winning margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kasia Niewiadoma | 0:04 |
| 2023 | Demi Vollering | 3:03 |
| 2025 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | 3:42 |
| 2022 | Annemiek van Vleuten | 3:48 |
The margins tell the story of how varied the race has already become. Van Vleuten and Ferrand-Prévot won through decisive mountain superiority. Vollering won with one huge mountain stage and a controlled time trial. Niewiadoma won through defence, calculation and survival.
Has anyone won the Tour de France Femmes twice?
No rider has won the modern Tour de France Femmes twice. Each edition since the 2022 relaunch has had a different winner.
That makes the race unusual compared with many major stage races, where dominant riders often build winning streaks. Van Vleuten retired after 2023. Vollering won in 2023 but lost by four seconds in 2024. Niewiadoma won in 2024 but was beaten by Ferrand-Prévot in 2025. Ferrand-Prévot therefore enters the next phase of the race’s history with the chance to become the first repeat champion of the modern Tour de France Femmes.
For more on her current season and why the race remains the centre of her road programme, see our Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 2026 season guide.
Photo Credit: ASO-Charly LopezWhich nation has the most Tour de France Femmes wins?
The Netherlands has the most wins so far, with two victories. Van Vleuten won in 2022 and Vollering won in 2023. Poland and France each have one win, through Niewiadoma and Ferrand-Prévot.
| Nation | Wins | Riders |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | Annemiek van Vleuten, Demi Vollering |
| Poland | 1 | Kasia Niewiadoma |
| France | 1 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot |
The early Dutch dominance made sense. Van Vleuten and Vollering were two of the strongest stage racers in the world when the race returned. The next two editions then broadened the winners list, first with Poland’s Niewiadoma and then with France’s Ferrand-Prévot.
Which team has won the Tour de France Femmes most often?
No team has won the modern Tour de France Femmes more than once.
| Year | Winning team |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Movistar Team |
| 2023 | Team SD Worx |
| 2024 | Canyon SRAM |
| 2025 | Team Visma Lease a Bike |
That is another sign of how competitive the race has been. SD Worx looked capable of building a long run after 2023, but Vollering’s 2024 crash and Niewiadoma’s resilience changed the race. Visma then arrived at the top in 2025 through Ferrand-Prévot, giving the race a fourth different winning team in four editions.
How each Tour de France Femmes was won
| Year | Race-defining moment |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Van Vleuten’s stage 7 mountain attack to Le Markstein |
| 2023 | Vollering’s Tourmalet attack on stage 7 |
| 2024 | Niewiadoma holding yellow by four seconds on Alpe d’Huez |
| 2025 | Ferrand-Prévot taking control on the Col de la Madeleine stage |
The pattern is clear. Every winner so far has had to survive or dominate the mountains. Even when the route has included flat stages, punchy finishes and time trials, the race has ultimately been decided by climbing strength and mountain-stage pressure.
That does not mean the opening stages do not matter. Niewiadoma’s 2024 victory was helped by Vollering’s stage 5 crash. Kopecky’s 2023 race showed how a rider can shape the GC for several days before the mountains. But the final winner has always needed to answer the hardest climbs.
That pattern should continue in 2026. The Tour de France Femmes 2026 route guide includes Mont Ventoux, a 21km individual time trial and a final weekend around Nice, making it another route for complete GC riders rather than pure climbers alone.
Modern Tour de France Femmes winners compared
| Rider | Strength of victory | Defining quality |
|---|---|---|
| Annemiek van Vleuten | Most dominant first mountain display | Pure climbing superiority |
| Demi Vollering | Best single mountain takeover | Tourmalet authority |
| Kasia Niewiadoma | Closest and most dramatic win | Resilience under pressure |
| Pauline Ferrand-Prévot | Most emotional home win | Alpine control and national impact |
What about earlier women’s Tours?
The current Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift began in 2022 and is the modern ASO-run race attached to the Tour de France brand. There were earlier women’s stage races connected to the Tour, including the Tour de France Féminin in the 1980s, where riders such as Marianne Martin, Maria Canins and Jeannie Longo built major legacies.
Those races matter historically, but they are not usually counted in the modern Tour de France Femmes winners list. This article focuses on the current race from 2022 onwards.
That distinction matters for searchers because “Tour de France Femmes winners” can mean either the modern race or the broader history of women’s Tour-linked racing. For the broader context, see our women’s cycling history hub and our women’s cycling race history guides.
Where the race sits in women’s cycling
The Tour de France Femmes is now the most visible stage race in women’s cycling. Its short modern winners list already includes an established stage-race great, the dominant Dutch rider of the next generation, one of the sport’s most consistent attackers and a French multi-discipline icon.
That gives the race more than just sporting significance. It has become the clearest general classification prize in the women’s road calendar and one of the few women’s races that cuts through to a wider summer audience. For more on that wider place in the calendar, see our guide to the most important women’s cycling races.
The 2026 edition should add another layer. It starts in Lausanne, crosses through Switzerland and France, includes a time trial to Dijon, reaches Mont Ventoux on stage 7 and finishes with two hard days around Nice. UK viewers can follow the broadcast details in our guide on how to watch Tour de France Femmes 2026 in the UK.
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FAQs: Tour de France Femmes winners
Who won the first Tour de France Femmes?
Annemiek van Vleuten won the first modern Tour de France Femmes in 2022 for Movistar Team.
Who won the 2023 Tour de France Femmes?
Demi Vollering won the 2023 Tour de France Femmes for Team SD Worx after taking control on the Col du Tourmalet.
Who won the 2024 Tour de France Femmes?
Kasia Niewiadoma won the 2024 Tour de France Femmes for Canyon SRAM by just four seconds ahead of Demi Vollering.
Who won the 2025 Tour de France Femmes?
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the 2025 Tour de France Femmes for Team Visma Lease a Bike, becoming the first French winner of the modern race.
Has anyone won the Tour de France Femmes twice?
No rider has yet won the modern Tour de France Femmes twice.
Which rider has the biggest winning margin?
Annemiek van Vleuten has the biggest winning margin so far, winning the 2022 Tour de France Femmes by 3:48.
Which rider has the smallest winning margin?
Kasia Niewiadoma has the smallest winning margin, winning the 2024 Tour de France Femmes by four seconds.
When is the 2026 Tour de France Femmes?
The 2026 Tour de France Femmes is scheduled for 1-9 August 2026.
Final word
The Tour de France Femmes winners list is still short, but it already shows the race’s range.
Van Vleuten gave the revived Tour a dominant first champion. Vollering gave it a Tourmalet takeover. Niewiadoma gave it a four-second classic. Ferrand-Prévot gave it a French winner and a new national moment.
No rider has yet defended the title successfully. No team has won it twice. No edition has followed exactly the same pattern as the one before.
That is what makes the race so compelling. The Tour de France Femmes may still be young in its modern form, but its yellow jersey already carries weight.
