On Sunday, women’s cycling will gain crucial momentum when the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes rolls away
rolls away from the Eiffel Tower for an 80km circuit race on the Champs Elysées, should turn out to be one of those points, no matter who wears the yellow jersey when the race finishes up La Planche des Belles Filles in eastern France on 31 July. The relaunch of the women’s Tour de France, run by the men’s Tour organisers after a 33-year break, has already had tangible effects.
“From what I’ve seen in the last 15 or 20 years, there has been an enormous evolution. The Tour is the outcome of that process of change.”The Tour de France Femmes has its context. Rather than being an entirely new event in its own right, it is the latest in a series of attempts going back to 1955 – when a six day race was held through Normandy, won by the Manxwoman Millie Robinson – to found a women’s stage race that builds on the foundations of the men’s Tour.
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