Tour de France Femmes 2022 team guide: Start list, star riders and kits to look out for

The Tour de France Femmes gets underway this weekend, with 24 teams set to compete in what will be the showpiece event of the season. With a fair few team leaders making no secret of their desire for yellow, who has the strongest line-up for the inaugural eight-stage event? Ad/> There are plenty of big names, improving youngsters and ones to watch so here is a blow-by-blow account of who has made the cut for the Tour de France Femmes.

Tour de France FemmesTour de France Femmes: Stage-by-stage guide as the women hunt yellow5 HOURS AGO Vos and Van Vleuten headline a Tour de France Femmes field packed with talent Tour de France Femmes: Stage-by-stage guide as the women hunt yellow WorldTeams BikeExchange-Jayco Kristen Faulkner Alexandra Manly Ruby Roseman-Gannon Ane Santesteban Amanda Spratt Urska Zigart The team had a great Giro, winning the Queen of the Mountains jersey along with two stage wins. Australia's Amanda Spratt climbed strongly in the early stages of that one before being knocked out by a bout of Covid-19, so she’ll have a point to prove in the Tour as long as she’s back to full fitness.

She’s joined by countrywomen Alexandra Manly and Ruby Roseman-Gannon, who at least won’t be too fazed if the current European heatwave continues. Kristen Faulkner, Ane Santesteban and Urska Zigart also get the nod, with Faulkner briefly wearing the pink jersey in the Giro before taking the aforementioned Queen of the Mountains.

The American and Spratt make a formidable line-up. Kit: Whites into pinks and blues.

Underwhelming. /> Canyon-Sram Racing Alena Amialiusik Elise Chabbey Tiffany Cromwell Kasia Niewiadoma Soraya Paladin Pauliena Rooijakkers The German team have two leaders in their squad in the form of Kasia Niewiadoma