What started out as a circuit race on the Champs Élysées, has evolved over the years with a two-day experiment at Col d’Izoard and in Marseille in 2017, a shift back to a mountainous one-day race into Le Grand-Bornand in 2018, a circuit race in Pau in 2019, and a move to Nice in 2020.
La Course by Le Tour de France marks the 10th stop on the Women’s WorldTour, however, it is the only round of the top-tier series held during the month of June.
Lizzie Deignan – Deignan will lead a powerful six-rider team that includes Ruth Winder, Lucinda Brand, Tayler Wiles, Shirin van Anrooij and local favourite Audrey Cordon-Ragot.
Vos has taken a bit of a break from racing as she met with her Dutch National Team for a training camp to prepare for the Olympic Games.
Van der Breggen won the last round of the Women’s WorldTour at Vuelta a Burgos before securing the time trial title at the Dutch Road Championships last week.
She won Brugge-De Panne and the opening stage of Vuelta a Burgos, before being named to Australia’s women’s road team set to compete at the Olympic Games.
Cavalli is missing that big top-tier victory but she is an aggressive racer and has been among the top 10s in many of the punchy races this spring.
Stephens finished in the finals of many of the one-day races this spring, with a 10th at Gent-Wevelgem, before winning the 100-mile event at Unbound Gravel.
Unlike last year’s run-in to Nice, however, this year finishes at the top of the circuit’s ascent on Côte de la Fosse aux Loups.
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