Tadej Pogačar won the 2024 Tour de France (Hommes), but he is definitely here for the Tour de France Femmes. His partner, and fellow professional cyclist, Urška Žigart, posted a photo of the Slovenian out for a ride wearing a TdFF hat on Monday.
This is the third year of the Tour de France Femmes. The eight days of racing will culminate with an absolutely incredible finish up the famous Alpe d’Huez—the first time the mythic climb is included in the TdFF.
Stage 1: Kool takes the sprint after Wiebes drops chain
Charlotte Kool won Stage 1, a flat stage made for sprinters. On Tuesday, riders will tackle a double day. Stage 2a is another pan-flat 67 km from Dordrecht to Rotterdam. In the afternoon, riders will face a short 6-km time trial.
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Stage 4 gets lumpy, with a race from Valkenburg to Liège for a total of 122.7 km. Stage 5 will head into France, with a 150-km stage ending in Amnéville. Stage 6 will be a leg-breaker, with four climbs in the second half of 160 km. Stage 7 is another doozie, with several climbs, ending in Le Grand-Bornand. But undoubtedly, the best stage will be the final, a 150-km race that ends on Alpe d’Huez.
Third edition of the TdFF
The 2024 Tour de France Femmes is the third edition of the race. Although there have been shorter iterations of the race, with different names, 2022 was the first “official” version run in tandem with the men’s race since the eighties.
The race offers decent prize money, but as Cycling Weekly’s Anne-Marije Rook pointed out, the 2024 Tour de France Femmes purse still pales in comparison to the men’s race. There is $365,000 CAD, including $73,000 for the winner. The men’s 2024 Tour de France prize purse is $3.65 million, including $730,000 for the winner.
There are six riders from Canada racing, and you can watch the races on FloBikes.com.
Hopefully, Pogačar shows up on the sidelines to cheer on the pro women!
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