Who won the first modern Tour de France Femmes in 2022?
Answer
Annemiek van Vleuten
Annemiek van Vleuten won the first modern Tour de France Femmes in 2022.
The inaugural Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift took place from 24 to 31 July 2022. It featured eight stages and covered roughly 1,033 kilometres, reviving a prestigious women’s race under a Tour de France-branded format after decades of shorter-lived predecessors and name changes.
Van Vleuten took control in the mountains, winning both mountain stages and securing the yellow jersey. She finished nearly four minutes ahead of fellow Dutch rider Demi Vollering, with Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma third overall. Vollering won the mountains classification, while Marianne Vos won the points classification and green jersey.
The result is sometimes confused with Vos’s performance because Vos won two stages and wore the yellow jersey early in the event. However, Van Vleuten became the overall champion after her decisive mountain-stage victories and won the final stage at La Super Planche des Belles Filles.