Pure Drama continues with the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift hot on the wheels of the Tour de France
22 July, 2025
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LIVE and FREE on SBS, SBS VICELAND and SBS ON DEMAND exclusively from Saturday 26 July
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Watch the Tour de France Femmes promo here
Hot on the wheels of the Tour de France is edition four of the Tour de Femmes avec Zwift with SBS set to capture every stage live and free on SBS, SBS VICELAND and SBS ON DEMAND from July 26 until August 3.
Now in its fourth year, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is now firmly established as the biggest race on the women's calendar. The 2025 edition marks a turning point in the history of the women's Tour with the race to be contested over nine days for the first time, entirely in France.
As the Tour de France finishes in Paris, the women's Grand D part will already have taken place on July 26 from the Port of Vannes. It will follow the longest route in the women's race revival and takes them to new heights, with a 1,165km route across four regions and a total elevation gain of 17,240 metres. There will be two flat stages, three hilly stages and two medium-mountain stages, before the race finishes with two back-to-back high mountain stages involving major climbs over the Col de Madeleine (the highest mountain of this Tour de France Femmes at 2,000 metres of elevation), Col de Joux Plane, and a mountaintop finale at Ch tel Les Portes du Soleil.
In 2024, Poland's Kasia Niewiadoma edged out Dutchwoman Demi Vollering by a mere four seconds the narrowest winning margin in Tour de France history. Now, Vollering returns in 2025 as the race favourite, determined to reclaim the yellow jersey.
Australian cycling is currently on a high with the results of Sarah Gigante in the Giro d'Italia Women, where she took two mountain-top victories enroute to finishing third overall. Aussies confirmed to be taking to the start line in Vannes include our current National Road champion, Ruby Roseman-Gannon, as well as Neve Bradbury, who finished third in the 2024 Giro d'Italia Women.
Helming the Tour de France Femmes SBS commentary from on the ground in France will be Matthew Keenan, Dr Bridie O'Donnell, Gracie Elvin, and new addition, recently retired Australian Olympic and World champion Grace Brown. The team will take viewers into the heart of the peloton. With a wealth of personal experience, they will bring trusted analysis and expert commentary from all of the nine stages.
Every stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will be broadcast live on SBS. Australian viewers can stream live, in full, on SBS On Demand. SBS also offers the Tour de France Hub for a variety of Tour de France Femmes content including extended highlights, full stage catch-ups and mini stage recaps. The SBS Sport website is a one-stop shop for the official Race Centre which features statistics, results and live tracking of the riders, alongside the latest news, opinions and expert analysis, The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift broadcast times vary (full schedule here).
Fans will also have access to a new mobile-optimised Race Centre on the SBS Sport website. The Race Centre comes directly from the race organisers and will provide the key statistical features, including live tracking of riders, to help fans follow the race. This facility will replace the Skoda Tour Tracker app of past Tour de France editions.
For more information, visit the SBS Sport website: www.sbs.com.au/sport
For a PDF of this media release, click here
SBS TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES AVEC ZWIFT FULL BROADCAST SCHEDULE
STAGE DATE SBS TV LIVE SBS VICELAND WA LIVE STAGES IN FULL SBS On Demand LIVE
1 Saturday 26 July 25:20 - 27:50 AEST 25:20 - 27:50 AEST
2 Sunday 27 July 21:30 - 23:30 AEST 21:00 - 23:30 AEST
3 Monday 28 July 23:35 - 02:05 AEST 23:35 - 02:05 AEST
4 Tuesday 29 July 23:35 - 02:05 AEST 23:35 - 02:05 AEST
5 Wednesday 30 July 23:35 - 02:05 AEST 23:35 - 02:05 AEST
6 Thursday 31 July 23:35 - 02:05 AEST 23:35 - 02:05 AEST
7 Friday 1 August 23:35 - 02:05 AEST 23:55 - 02:05 AEST
8 Saturday 2 August 21;55 - 02:05 AEST 21:55 - 02:05 AEST
9 Sunday 3 August 23:30 - 03:50 AEST 23:25 - 03:50 AEST
SBS CYCLING COMMENTARY TEAM BIOS
MATTHEW KEENAN
2025 will be Matt's 19th year commentating on cycling's biggest event, the Tour de France, where he has worked alongside some of the greats of the sport, including Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen, Bridie O'Donnell and Simon Gerrans. Known for his supreme cycling knowledge, somewhat of a cycling nerd, Matt is recognised internationally as one of cycling's leading commentators.
DR BRIDIE O'DONNELL
Dr Bridie O'Donnell graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School. Between 1995 and 2006 she competed in Olympic distance and Ironman triathlon, finishing the Ironman Hawaii World Championships in 2006. In 2007, she began road cycling and in 2008 after winning the National Time Trial title, she raced in the Australian National Team, and then Professional Italian teams in Europe and the United States, representing Australia at three World Championships between 2008-2012. From 2013-2017, Bridie managed and raced for Rush Women's Team in the Cycling Australia National Road Series and in 2016, she broke the UCI Women's Hour World Record at the Adelaide Superdrome. In 2017, she was appointed the inaugural Head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation by the Victorian Government and in 2018, her cycling memoir: Life and Death was published, detailing her experiences as a professional cyclist in Europe. When she's not commentating cycling, she works in the Community and Public Health Division of the Victorian Department of Health.
GRACIE ELVIN
Gracie is a two-time national road cycling champion. Sh
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Pure Drama continues with the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift hot on the wheels of the Tour de France 
