Tour de France Femmes: Cycling wishes for preliminary spark in Paris

Christian Prudhomme as well as Marion Rousse. Imago Images/Panoramic International

It is not the initial effort to develop a tour de france of women. The previous variation was held from 1984 to 2009. At that time there was currently a start-up help from the Tour company ASO, which arranged the race in parallel to the tour. Yet the company took out after 5 years. Slowly, the tour lost significance under other names. Last year there was already a mini-comeback as a one-day race as component of the tour.

The visibility of women's cycling on television has enhanced in current years, the groups are extra professional. The Tour de France Femmes must be the following big throw.

The media can go along with the race much better, said tour director Christian Prudhomme. His counterpart of the Tour de France Femmes, Marion Rousse, also emphasizes the significance of the media: Women's biking has actually established progressively in current years. There was no stages race with real media presence as a recommendation, so to speak.

BIKEPACKING It must be a little slipstream. When the brand-new version of the Tour de France of women is excitedly awaited by many cyclists on Sunday, the initial stage victor is identified, in a manner of speaking, in the men's initial program. The 82-kilometer start with Paris upright the Champs-Élysées at the level where the victor of the 109th Tour de France is selected a few hrs later on.

Brennauer: Naturally, this race is also something like a yardstick

Currently the women wish to compose their own history. Of training course, this race is likewise something of a yardstick. If you drive at the front of the tour, you have actually attained something. It is a truly large victor, stated Brennauer. She herself sees her strengths, specifically on the first flatter phases.

Over eight phases and 1029 kilometers are from Paris to the south with a genuine highlight as the last chord. The tour ends with a stage to the Belles plane, that approximately 20 percent high climb in the Vosges, the upper part of which is actually a ski slope. The tour itself just found the mountain in 2012, because then it shows up frequently in the path strategy. When Tadej Pogacar still nabbed his Slovenian compatriot Primoz Roglic the overall success on the penultimate stage, the boost was developed at the most recent in 2020.

Bora-Hansgrohe employer Denk: Ultimately we consider the media information

Not every person wants to get right into the cheers. Ralph Denk, head of the Bora Hansrgohe team, will certainly not open a team of women a minimum of summarily. It is absolutely amazing how women cycling established. We have even more than an eye on it, claimed the Oberbayer. We are delighted to see just how the race is accepted, the number of viewers will be. As well as ultimately we check out the media information. Since the tour of women is also an organization. Which will just endure if the numbers are right.

His equivalent of the Tour de France Femmes, Marion Rousse, additionally highlights the significance of the media: Women's cycling has established progressively in current years. It is not the very first effort to establish a tour de france of women. At that time there was currently a start-up help from the Tour organization ASO, which organized the race in parallel to the tour.

When the brand-new version of the Tour de France of women is excitedly awaited by numerous bicyclists on Sunday, the very first phase winner is determined, so to talk, in the guys's initial program. The 82-kilometer beginning via Paris ends on the Champs-Élysées at the level where the champion of the 109th Tour de France is chosen a few hrs later.

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