‘One day was a foot in the door’ – 10 years since the first La Course by Le Tour de France: the day women’s cycling reclaimed the race it deserved

July 27, 2024 marked the ten-year anniversary of the first La Course by Le Tour de France – the women’s race born out of a pressure group, petition and concerted rider-led effort to pursue equality in cycling. 

The race that was the precursor to the Tour de France Femmes, and the race that got the Tour de France name back into women’s racing for the first time in 25 years.