Grande Boucle Féminine
The Grande Boucle Féminine or Grande Boucle Féminine International , was a cycling stage race of the women in France . It was called the Tour Cycliste Féminin until 1997 and was the counterpart to the men's Tour de France , which is often referred to as the Grande Boucle . Since 1998 the organizers have not been allowed to use the term tour for trademark reasons . Nevertheless, the terms “Tour de France Féminin” and “Tour de France for women” in German-speaking countries were still used by the public .
history
The race has been held separately from the men's Tour de France since 1984 in terms of time and organization, but originally aimed at a special position within women's sport comparable to the men's tour in terms of its design and scope of ten to fifteen stages.
After the first edition in 1984, the Tour Cycliste Féminin was dominated for five years by the exceptional athletes Jeannie Longo and Maria Canins , who each took the first two places. The women's tour did not achieve the desired attention and was not held in 1990, 1991 and 2004 due to legal disputes and a lack of sponsors.
Between 2005 and 2009 the race took place again with a reduced program and only four to seven stages.
The last event for the time being took place in 2009.
run
2007
- 1st stage on June 20: Saint-Herblain - Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (59.5 km) ( Karin Thürig )
- 2nd stage on June 21: Base de Loisirs de Lambon - Lacs de Haute-Charente (126.5 km) ( Priska Doppmann )
- 3a. Stage on June 22nd: Soubise - La Tremblade (57.6 km) ( Priska Doppmann )
- 3b. Stage on June 22nd: Time trial in Ambès (EZF, 19.9 km) ( Nicole Cooke )
- 4th stage on June 23: Bergerac - Casteljaloux (92.8 km) ( Tanja Slate )
- 5th stage on June 24th: Cauterets - Arreau (67.5 km) ( Priska Doppmann )
- Overall rating: Nicole Cooke 11:52:32 h
- Points evaluation (cycling) : Priska Doppmann 98 pts.
- Junior ranking : Olena Andruk 12:06:25 h
- Team ranking : Raleigh Lifeforce Creation 35:43:00 h
2008
- 1st stage on June 17th: Gent (Bel) - Lambersart (104.7 km) ( Diana Žiliūtė )
- 2a. Stage on June 18: Wallers - La Louvière (Bel) (59.5 km) ( Loes Markerink )
- 2 B. Stage on June 18: La Louvière (Bel) - Fourmies (90.6 km) ( Diana Žiliūtė )
- 3rd stage on June 19: Montdidier - Drancy (108.5 km) ( Diana Žiliūtė )
- 4th stage on June 20: Orgelt - Clairvaux-les-Lacs (EZF, 37.7 km) ( Karin Thürig )
- 5th stage on June 21: Lac d´Aiguebelette - Villard-de-Lans (106 km) ( Rasa Polikevičiūtė )
- 6th stage on June 22nd: Guillestre - Sestriere (Ita) (83.9 km) ( Christiane Soeder )
- Overall ranking: Christiane Soeder 16:21:35 h
- Scoring (cycling) : Diana Žiliūtė 97 pts.
- Mountain classification : Jolanta Polikevičiūtė 87 pts.
- Young talent: Elena Berlato 16:42:22 h
- Team classification : Cervelo Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team 49:22:26 h
2009
- 1st stage on June 18: Bressuire - Bressuire (EZF, 18.3 km) ( Emma Pooley )
- 2nd stage on June 19: Bressuire - Niort (62.5 km) ( Christiane Soeder )
- 3rd stage on June 20: Hagetmau - Pau (92.7 km) ( Emma Pooley )
- 4th stage on June 21: Irun - Anglet (128 km) ( Marianne Vos )
- Overall rating: Emma Pooley 7:24:36 h
- Scoring (cycling) : Christiane Soeder
- Mountain classification : Maja Włoszczowska
- Young talent: Marianne Vos 7:25:10 h
Grande Boucle Féminine winners
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Tour de France Féminin in the English Wikipedia
- ↑ a b Article Tour de France in Sport-Wikipedia ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.