Interesting. The headline in The Sun (above) is misleading. There are, needless to say, no female riders in the Tour de France (estd. 1903) which lasts for 23 days and covers 3,300 – 3,500km. in stark contrast, Tour de France Femmes (estd. 2022) lasts for only nine days and covers just 1,117km. Lightweights…

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