The director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, announced this Wednesday, August 19, in addition to anti-Covid measures, the end of the 100% Miss podium, a practice criticized and considered sexist.
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At the end of each stage of the Tour, young women, or “ misses ”, presented the winners of the day with their different tunics (green, yellow, polka-dot jersey, etc.). They also offered them a bouquet of flowers and a kiss. It is now a past practice, if we are to believe the words of Christian Prudhomme.
“ You used to see the champion surrounded by two hostesses, with five elected on one side and five representatives of the partners on the other. There, it will be different with a single elected official and a single representative of the partner of the yellow jersey, as well as a hostess and a host for the first time ", slipped the director, during a press conference Wednesday August 19 in Nice , where the Tour de France will start on August 29. “ Yes, it's new but we have already been doing it in other races for 20 years, like in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, ” he added only.
Already in February 2018, the “ grid girls ”, mannequins who carried the umbrellas or number signs of Formula 1 drivers, had been replaced by “ grid kids ”, children.
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In addition to this announcement, Christian Prudhomme asked spectators of the Tour de France, on the roadside, to wear a mask during the Grande Boucle (August 29-September 20), a matter of " common sense " in the face of the increase in cases. of coronavirus.