Liv AlUla Jayco will line up at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with an aggressive and attack-minded squad in pursuit of stage success. The Australian outfit boasts a well-rounded team filled with both experience and youth in the shape of Ruby Roseman-Gannon, Mavi Garcia and Letizia Paternoster.
With an extra stage added for the 2025 edition of the race, more opportunities are available, and the team is ready to take every chance they get across the nine days of racing in France.
Fast Finishers
After being forced to abandon the race in 2024, Tour of Britain stage winner Roseman-Gannon is back and hungry for more. The former Australian road race champion will have the opportunity to ride aggressively throughout the race as well as play an important role for her teammates.
Italian sprinter Paternoster will give the squad more options in the fast finishes, with the 25-year-old keen to build on her early season form that saw her pull on the red jersey at La Vuelta Femenina.
Ruby Roseman-Gannon
“It will be my third Tour de France Femmes and I’m really motivated and excited to race with such a strong team at the biggest cycling race of the year. I’ve had a really good training block and feel mentally and physically ready.
I think we are close to something big as a team, we are racing well together. We can expect some hectic stages and this is why it will be super important to gel well as a team and ride together.
The course has a good mix of punchy, sprint and climbing stages. The last four stages are apparently harder than they look on paper so we can expect some really hard racing in the last half of the Tour. I personally think an additional stage and a longer Tour makes sense. This is partly because of the historical significance of three-week Grand Tours, but also because it increases opportunity for breaks to win as favourites can’t go for every stage.”
Climbing Talent
Former New Zealand champion Ella Wyllie will add depth to the team’s climbing ranks with the 22-year-old excited to return to the race after battling for the white jersey in her debut appearance two seasons ago.
Italian raw talent Monica Trinca Colonel will get her first taste of the Tour de France in just her second full-time racing season. The 26-year-old has enjoyed a breakout year in 2025 after claiming top-10 finishes overall at La Vuelta Femenina and the UAE Tour.
Meanwhile Dutch all-rounder Silke Smulders has continued to go from strength to strength and the 24-year-old will once again look to race on the front foot after an attacking performance to round out the recent Giro d’Italia Women.
Brent Copeland – General Manager
“It’s always special to be going back to the Tour de France Femmes. It’s amazing to see the way the event has grown year after year. It’s really exciting for the sport and all the riders in the women’s peloton and we’re proud to be part of it once again.
With the level in women’s cycling increasing every year it makes the team selection even harder, but we believe together with the performance group that we’ve assembled a squad that can challenge with the best over the nine stages.
It seems like the crowds at the side of the road and at the start and finishes get bigger every year, and I’m sure it will be bigger again this year. The Tour de France Femmes has become a standout event on the cycling calendar, and it means a lot to our riders, staff, and of our trusted and loyal partners. We can wait to get started in Vannes.”
Experience
Spaniard Mavi Garcia will add valuable experience to the team as well as her climbing prowess and the former top-10 finisher is set to play a key role over the nine stages. The 41-year-old heads into the Tour in form after a runner-up finish in the national championships and a top-10 finish overall at the Tour de Suisse.
Dutch domestique Jeanne Korevaar completes the versatile squad, adding another wise head to the ranks as she takes on the important road captain role.
Wim Stroetinga – Sport Director
“Normally our plan is for the team to hunt for stages. We have the option to use each rider for a stage, if you look at the stages with the different riders we have, we will need to use our numbers to get a win.
It’s great that they added one extra stage to make the race a bit longer this year, and maybe this is an advantage for some riders as well and also for hunting stages this is really nice as it creates another opportunity.”
Liv AlUla Jayco line-up at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes
Mavi Garcia (ESP) 4th appearance
Jeanne Korevaar (NED) 4th appearance
Letizia Paternoster (ITA) Debut appearance
Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS) 3rd appearance
Silke Smulders (NED) 4th appearance
Monica Trinca Colonel (ITA) Debut appearance
Ella Wyllie (NZL) 2nd appearance
Photo: Sprint Cycling
