While they will make their appearance on the occasion of the first edition of the Women's Tour de France, the white paths could soon appear on the route of the Grande Boucle.
“
Clearly, we have already wondered whether or not we should put this kind of path on the Tour de France
, revealed Thierry Gouvenou, technical director of the Tour de France, in an interview with the media
Without Filter
.
It has long been a dilemma with us.
So we looked in a lot of places, we found that south of Troyes there is what is needed.
"
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Women will take it on the occasion of the fourth stage of the Women's Tour de France by Zwift, on Wednesday July 27 between Troyes and Bar-sur-Aube (126 km). “
Somewhere, the girls will be pioneers, but we will look at it very carefully,
continues the right arm of Christian Prudhomme
. If it really does something nice, yes I think it should not be long for the Tour to go there
. ”
Gouvenou was also more critical with regard to the long stages with too many passes: "
We notice all the same that when you put on stages that are too long, with too many passes, it comes down to the power meter and ultimately not much is happening and everything is played out in the three, even two, or even in the last kilometer like at Grand-Colombier (in 2020).
Currently, there is no point in putting four or five grand passes in a stage.
"
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