They usually arrived late. This year, they will be there before everyone else and will open the Tour de France instead of closing it. As a symbol, female cyclists come before men. The women's race “Course By le Tour” generally started before the men during the final stage of the Tour de France and took a lap of honor on the Champs-Élysées. This year, for the seventh edition of the event, the ladies will leave Nice, this Saturday, from 10 am. This is evidence of the rise of women's cycling.
On a fairly hilly 96 km course (two 48 km loops), the peloton will have the right to a race probably of wear and tear with only one ascent. The race could be played between the four previous winners of La Course By Le Tour de France: Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen, Chloé Hosking and Annemiek van Vleuten.
But now, women will not only have this ordeal to shine in France. ASO, the organizer of the Tour de France has announced that from now on, Paris-Roubaix will also have its female version from this year (October 25).
"I think of the little girls who will be in front of their TV"
The other good news arrived recently: there will be a women's Tour de France from 2022. It will probably be contested in June over ten days. David Lappartient, the French president of the International Cycling Union, recently confirmed this. "I made sure that ASO will be ready to put this event on the calendar in 2022," he said. This is a very good step in the further development of women's cycling. "
Marion Rousse, the voice and the face, with the French general public, of women's cycling, is delighted. “I dream of commenting on a women's Tour,” she told us in May. As a former runner, I tell myself that it would be an incredible opportunity for my sport. I think of all the little girls who will be in front of their TVs, already for Paris-Roubaix. The vocations will be immense afterwards. The women's bicycle will enter people's homes and you will see that it will never come out. "
