AG Insurance-Soudal Team
Ashleigh Moolman, 38, has been a perennial fixture at the sharp end of races for over a decade and is showing no signs of slowing down. Sixth last year overall at the Tour, she enjoyed a good spring – high places rather than wins – and headed into Grand Tour season in fine fettle. All being well, she’ll lead the team again in France. Aussie Sarah Gigante, who’d struggled at Movistar, won the Tour Down Under in her first run-out for her new team and is a fantastic climber.
Dream Tour
Top 5 on GC for Moolman – her best result yet – and a first stage win would be a superb return
Arkéa B&B Hotels Women Pro Cycling
Like other wildcards picked for the race, it’s this team’s French nationality and home on the European tour that explains their inclusion, rather than sporting factors – 38th in the UCI rankings suggests far more worthy recipients. The team lost Canadian climber Clara Emond for 2024 to EF Education-Cannondale, and in her debut season as a professional, she finished 23rd on GC at the Tour de France Femmes, the top result for the team.
Dream Tour
Veteran Emilia Fahlin, the current (and four-time) Swedish national champion, to figure prominently
Canyon//SRAM Racing
benefit from Annemiek van Vleuten’s retirement. This strong climber endured a drought of
