As Tour reaches Paris, women pedal into spotlight
As the Tour de France peloton steams towards its finish in Paris on Sunday, up ahead of them 144 women riders will do battle on the Champs-Elysees on a momentous day for the sport.
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'Exciting!' - Trailblazer Louise Vardeman looks ahead to historic Tour de France Femmes
In 2019, Louise Vardeman finished the Tour de France route to protest against the exclusion of women from cycling's showpiece event. The British rider, founder of the InternationElles, led a group of female amateur riders through the entire 3,500km route one day ahead of the men's peloton. Ad/> Three years on and the inaugural Tour de France Femmes is set to get underway, with Vardeman now seen as a figurehead for women in the sport after her gruelling adventure.
'Now little girls can see us' - Marianne Vos, Elisa Longo-Borghini set to light up Tour de France Femmes
The greatest rider of all time, Marianne Vos, has been waiting her entire life for this. “As a kid I remember our holidays, going to watch the Tour de France and being on the side of the road,” she told the Cycling Show. “It was very special.” Ad/> Not that she ever expected to be competing herself.
Tour de France Femmes 2022: 'You can lose entire Tour' on 'absolutely ridiculous' Super Planche
The final climb of the Tour de France Femmes is “absolutely ridiculous” and could derail the entire race for some GC hopefuls, according to Eurosport commentator Jose Been. The inaugural eight-stage race gets underway on Sunday, with the ascent up La Super Planche des Belles Filles on the last day – which tops out at a gruesome 24% – set to produce fireworks. Ad/> The race will see 24 teams compete and has attracted a start list decorated with pre-eminent names from the world of cycling, including Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar), Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), Elisa Longo Borghini, Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) and Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma).
London mayor Khan wants the city to host the Olympics again
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said on Friday that his office was working on getting the Olympics back to the city and making them the "greenest Games ever".
Tour de France 2022 - How to watch Stage 20 on Saturday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map
The penultimate stage of the 2022 Tour de France is a 40.7 kilometre time trial from Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour. With one day to go until the riders cruise down the Champs-Élysées, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is primed to hold on to the yellow jersey.
Italian Balsamo ends Dutch reign in women's world road race
LEUVEN: Italy's Elisa Balsamo won the women's world road race title on Saturday ending a four-year run of success for Dutch riders.
Opinion: Christophe Laporte’s maiden Tour de France stage win a worthy prize for Jumbo-Visma's signing of the season
Christophe Laporte has come a long way since being Nacer Bouhanni’s deputy at Cofidis. If the Frenchman saw off that particular battle at his former team, the closest he ever came to winning a stage on the Tour was finishing in the wheels of compatriot Arnaud Demare at Pau in Stage 18 in 2018.