La Course by Le Tour de France

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La Course by Le Tour de France 2016
Route of the 2018 edition

La Course by Le Tour de France (French / English, for example: the race organized by the Tour de France ) is a cycling race for women that was first held in 2014. The organizer is the Amaury Sport Organization , which also organizes the Tour de France .

The competition was first held before the arrival of the final stage of the Tour de France 2014 as a criterion (circuit racing) on ​​the traditional course on the Champs-Élysées in Paris over 13 laps and a total of 89 kilometers. In the 2014 UCI road cycling calendar for women , it was classified in UCI category 1.1 and, thanks to its live international TV broadcast, had an audience of millions, for example on Eurosport in Germany . In 2016 it was added to the calendar of the newly launched UCI Women's WorldTour .

For the 2017 event, the race was initially moved to the Alps as a one-day race with a mountain finish on the Col d'Izoard . Two days later, a second part of the day took place in Marseille , in which the racing drivers started the mountain stage using the Gundersen method and the overall ranking was determined after the finish line. However, the pursuit race was not included in the UCI calendar, so that no points are awarded in the WorldTour ranking and the world rankings .

In 2018 the race returned to the one-day format, this time a 112-kilometer stage based on the 10th stage of the Tour de France to Le Grand-Bornand . It included the climbs Col de Romme and Col de la Colombière , but, unlike the men, did not lead over the Col de la Croix Fry and the Col des Glières.

Winners

Web links

Commons : La Course by Le Tour de France  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Women before their great chance on the largest possible stage. radsport-news.com, July 26, 2014, accessed July 27, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Women's World Tour will replace the World Cup from 2016. radsport-news.com, September 25, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 .
  3. ↑ The women's race of the tour will take place in the Alps in 2017. radsport-news.com, October 18, 2016, accessed November 1, 2016 .
  4. ^ "La Course" with a new concept and over two days. rad-net.de, April 26, 2017, accessed April 26, 2017 .
  5. ↑ With a new format to attract more attention? radsport-news.com, July 19, 2017, accessed July 19, 2017 .
  6. ↑ La Course by Le Tour de France 2018. In: cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Ltd, accessed September 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Annemiek van Vleuten won both the WorldTour race on the first day and the overall standings after the pursuit race on the second day.