Tour de France Femmes: Date, stages, how to watch and everything to know
History will be made this weekend as the Tour de France Femmes, sponsored by virtual cycling platform Zwift, gets underway in Paris.
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Tour de France Femmes 2022 team guide: Start list, star riders and kits to look out for
The Tour de France Femmes gets underway this weekend, with 24 teams set to compete in what will be the showpiece event of the season. With a fair few team leaders making no secret of their desire for yellow, who has the strongest line-up for the inaugural eight-stage event? Ad/> There are plenty of big names, improving youngsters and ones to watch so here is a blow-by-blow account of who has made the cut for the Tour de France Femmes.
Jonas Vingegaard extends Tour de France lead with victory on stage 18
A handshake from Tadej Pogacar to Jonas Vingegaard showed gratitude for a moment of great sportsmanship but could yet double as the defending champion’s concession after Vingegaard moved to the brink of Tour de France glory on Thursday.
Lizzie Deignan believes first women’s Tour de France reflects change in society
Former world champion Lizzie Deignan believes this weekend’s launch of the first Tour de France Femmes reflects a “turning point in society” as demands for women’s equality are heard.
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Tour de France Femmes 2022: Stage-by-stage guide and route maps as the women hunt yellow
If the men’s Tour de France has whetted the appetite for the high mountains, cobbles and the like, the good news is there is still plenty of stage racing to come this month from the roads around France. The Tour de France Femmes begins on the same day the men’s race ends, with the women starting with what should be a frenetic ride around the Champs-Elysees before heading east towards a final day summit finish at the legendary La Super Planche des Belles Filles.
Tour de France 2022 - How to watch Stage 19 on Friday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map
Stage 19 of the Tour de France — an extra sprint two days from Paris — is a largely flat 188.3km ride from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors, and undoubtedly gave the sprinters an obvious incentive to drag their way through the Pyrenees. It’s only fair given the relative paucity of scope for bunch gallops in the preceding two-and-a-half weeks. Two Cat.
"She was my whole world": Husband who cut his terminally ill wife's throat in desperate suicide pact says he 'killed her with love'... she promised him 'I won't make a noise'
A husband who killed his terminally ill wife in a desperate suicide pact has told how they shared a last drink together before going to the bottom of the garden to end their lives. Graham Mansfield, 73, walked free from court on Thursday after being convicted of the manslaughter of his 71-year-old wife Dyanne.