The Vuelta Femenina, a special jersey

PresentationMay 3, 2025

Women TeamLa Vuelta Femenina

The riders in the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team will be wearing a special Vuelta jersey for their first participation in the Grand Tour of Spain.

Emmanuel Hubert

General Manager

From Sunday 4 May, our riders will be competing in the Vuelta Femenina, the very first for the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team, in a jersey created especially for this Grand Tour. The colours will remain the red and black that are our strength and identity, but unlike the Excalibur jersey that accompanies us all year round, the order of these two colours will be reversed. In this way, the DNA of our Breton team has been preserved for this Women's Vuelta, which our riders will have to tackle with boldness and ambition, two words that have marked their start to the season, and which should continue to accompany them during their first experience of the Vuelta, a competition that will be the third women's Grand Tour contested by the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team, after the Giro and the Tour de France.

Gaël Le Bellec

Directeur sportif

The mountainous course of the 2025 Vuelta is ideally suited to the qualities of our two leaders, Valentina Cavallar and Lotte Claes, who showed great skill in the 2024 Tour de France Femmes. This will be an opportunity for them to confirm their qualities in the summit finishes. We're going into this Vuelta with ambitions. We're aiming for a top 5 overall. The stages will be structured as follows: two sprint finishes, two summit finishes and an opening team time trial. If ever our objective in terms of the general classification should prove unattainable due to race circumstances, we'll aim for a stage win.

Lotte Claes

Lotte has already demonstrated her qualities on a Grand Tour, finishing 16th in last year's Tour de France on her first appearance in the Tour de France Femmes. The two summit finishes scheduled for this Vuelta should enable her to put in some fine performances, confirming her excellent start to the season, particularly in the classics.

Valentina Cavallar

Valentina has returned to racing after some health problems at the Ardennaises. She was able to reassure herself about her condition at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Still young in the professional ranks, she knows that this second half of the season, which begins with the Vuelta for women, is the one that suits her best. After a great experience in the Tour Femmes in 2024, and a 7th place in the 8th and final stage of this event, Valentina could be one of the revelations of this Vuelta femmes 2025.

Maurène Trégouët

A team-mate with a great sense of duty towards her leaders, Maurène will be discovering a Grand Tour with this Vuelta Femmes 2025. She will be expected to place her leaders at the foot of the bumps, but also at the mass finishes, where she will be our sprinter alongside Emilia Fahlin.

Laura Asencio

Laura quickly found her place within the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team. Her extensive experience of the World Tour and the major competitions on the women's calendar is a precious asset for the whole team. She's a very strong team-mate, capable of adapting to any race situation.

Maaike Coljé

A strong, experienced rider, Maaike Coljé will act as a relay for Valentina and Lotte during the mountain stages. Her presence will also be important on the flat stages, where she will be able to replace the sprinters.

Emilia Fahlin

Émilia Fahlin's extensive experience will be an important asset for the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS riders in this Vuelta. She'll have the role of road captain, but she'll also have a well-defined mission during the finishes dedicated to the sprinters, because her speed can enable her to make some good places at the finishes, which will launch the whole team into a good dynamic, as was the case last year on the roads of the Tour de France for women". A strong, experienced rider, Maaike Coljé will act as a relay for Valentina and Lotte on the mountain stages. Her presence will also be important on the flat stages, where she will be able to replace the sprinters.

Titia Ryo

The youngest member of the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team, Titia Ryo will be taking part in a Grand Tour at the age of 20. Her primary mission will be to learn and gain as much experience as possible on Iberian soil. She will also play an important role in the mountains alongside our two leaders, Valentina and Lotte.

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