The 2013

La Route de France The Route de France Féminine was a women's cycle race. First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year. With the ending of the Grande Bo ...

was an Elite Women's road race, rated at 2.1 by the

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, which ran from 3 August to 10 August covering approximately 831.8 km. The race was won overall by

Linda Villumsen Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Denmark, Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010. Career Born in H ...

Wiggle–Honda Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling () was a British professional cycling team based in Belgium, which competed in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The team closed at the end of 2018. The team wa ...

, marking her first overall win for the new British based team. The race is also noted due to the record breaking efforts of Villumsen's teammate,

Giorgia Bronzini Giorgia Bronzini (born 3 August 1983) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2017. She won the women's road race in the UCI Road World Championships in both 2010 and 2011 and the women's poi ...

who won six consecutive stages (1 – 6) breaking the all-time record for consecutive stage wins in a women's stage racing. The Wiggle–Honda team won all seven of the road stages, with

Emma Johansson Emma Karolina Johansson (born 23 September 1983) is a Swedish retired professional racing cyclist. Nicknamed ''Silver Emma'', Johansson accumulated many second and third places at major championships and one-day classics. In 2013 in women's roa ...

Orica–AIS Liv AlUla Jayco (UCI Code: LIV) is a women's professional cycling team based in Australia which competes in the UCI Women's World Tour and other elite women's events throughout the world. After being sponsored by Orica for five years, the team ...

winning the prologue earlier in the race.

Stages

Prologue

;3 August 2013 –

Soissons Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...

to Soissons,

Stage 1

;4 August 2013 – Soissons to Enghien les Bains,

Stage 2

;5 August 2013 – Enghien les Bains to Mantes la Jolie,

Stage 3

;6 August 2013 –

Anet Anet () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It lies 14 km north-northeast of Dreux between the rivers Eure and Vesgre, the latter flowing into the former some 4 km n ...

Mamers Mamers () is a Communes of France, commune in the Sarthe Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. The neighboring communes are: Commerveil, Saint-Longis, Saint-Rémy-des-Mont ...

Stage 4

;7 August 2013 – Cloyes sur le Loir to

Briare Briare (, also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. The composer and organist Henri Nibelle (1883–1967) was born in Briare. Briare, the ''Brivodorum'' ...

Stage 5

;8 August 2013 –

Saint-Fargeau Saint-Fargeau is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. Main sights * Saint-Ferréol church, built in Gothic style in the 14th and 15th centuries. Notable b ...

to Pouges les Eaux,

Stage 6

;9 August 2013 – Pouges les Eaux to

Vichy Vichy (, ; ) is a city in the central French department of Allier. Located on the Allier river, it is a major spa and resort town and during World War II was the capital of Vichy France. As of 2021, Vichy has a population of 25,789. Known f ...

Stage 7

;10 August 2013 –

Cusset Cusset is a commune in the department of Allier, in the central French region of Auvergne. Situated in the foothills of the , the city is a suburb of Vichy and ranks fourth in population for the department. Population Geography Loca ...

Chauffailles Chauffailles () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography Chaufailles lies in the extreme south of the department of Saône-et-Loire at the foot of the Beaujolais moun ...

Classification leadership

References

{{reflist La Route de France 2013 in women's road cycling August 2013 sports events in France 2013 in French women's sport