Women’s Tour de France: cycling culture, training, sponsors… why the Dutch crushed everything

Yellow jersey ? Annemiek van Vleuten. His runner-up? Half Vollering. Green shirt? Marianne Vos. White shirt? Shirin van Anrooij. Six out of eight stage victories… The Dutch crushed this Tour de France and confirmed their domination, even their hegemony over women’s cycling. A stranglehold that is not surprising. The teams from the Netherlands – the largest contingent on this women’s Tour de France with six representatives out of the twenty-four formations – very quickly organized themselves into professional structures, without waiting for the spotlight of the Grande Boucle.