2023-07-22 01:05:38
It’s back, the women’s Tour de France. Presented this Thursday morning in Paris, the event will take place just after the Men’s Tour, from July 24 to 31, 2022. Tour de France, yes or almost, because the women’s event will mainly tour the East of the country. This Tour will not last three weeks but only 8 days, the classic format for a women’s event (the Giro lasts 10 days): “This does not only mean that it will last 8 days all the time in the future”, explains Marion Rousse the new boss.
See you on Sunday July 24 for a departure in Paris, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The first stage will be 100% Seine-et-Marnaise between Meaux and Provins. Then head for the East of France and the city of the sacrament of Kings and champagne. Reims will give the start of the next stage towards Épernay. Direction Troyes, Bar-sur-Aube, Bar-le-Duc. So why east by the way? “We had to find a mountain range, continues Marion Rousse. In 8 days, starting from Paris, it was obvious that we had to go to the Vosges. We start with the roots of the Tour: in 1906, it passed through the Ballon d’Alsace. That’s what we’re going to do. »
This women’s Tour de France will arrive in the Vosges not in Paris, at the Planche des Belles Filles where Tadej Pogacar had won his first Tour in 2020, the day before the arrival on the Champs: “This race will have to exist in another 100 years, not just six like the previous editions, says Christian Prudhomme, the director of the men’s Tour. A priori, it will always take place the last week of July, except during Olympic years. »
Every day, the stages of the Girls’ Tour will be broadcast live for 2.5 hours in 170 countries compared to 190 for the men. This Tour de France seems well born: “The route is balanced, continues Marion Rousse. It is suitable for sprinters, punchers. The last weekend will be very hard with in particular 3000 m of altitude difference on the last day. We drew it to maintain the suspense until the end. »
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