As the men’s professional peloton pack up their hard-shell suitcases and head to Brittany this week for the start of the 108th Tour de France in Brest, those campaigning long and loud for a women’s race have finally been rewarded with the confirmation of a Tour de France Femmes, starting in July 2022.
Change, it seems, is finally afoot, even if at a snail’s pace. The women’s eight-day race will not quite overshadow the usual speculation over who will finish on the podium in Paris on 18 July, but it may help accelerate gender parity in a sport where diversity has long been a dirty word.
Fittingly, the opening act of
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