Apologies if petitions etc. are off-topic here (I wasn't able to find out from a quick search). Emmy Pooley drew my attention to this petition to ASO to allow female professional teams to race the Tour, which seemed worth sharing here.
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scholar said:Apologies if petitions etc. are off-topic here (I wasn't able to find out from a quick search). Emmy Pooley drew my attention to this petition to ASO to allow female professional teams to race the Tour, which seemed worth sharing here.
I don't think the idea is to let them compete with the men. But I could be wrong.Hugo Koblet said:Why bother? No woman would ever be good enough to follow the men.
diorgen said:There is no compelling reason to watch womens cycling. It shouldn't be forced upon TV or races when there is no market for it.
'Unknown makes unloved', as we say in Holland. Women's racing is often more entertaining than men's.diorgen said:There is no compelling reason to watch womens cycling. It shouldn't be forced upon TV or races when there is no market for it.
Oh, OK then I misunderstood.theyoungest said:I don't think the idea is to let them compete with the men. But I could be wrong.
It should be perfectly possible to let them ride at the time the publicity caravan usually comes along, for instance.
scholar said:Given that the authors talk about the women's races at the Ronde and the Flèche, I don't think the aim is for a mixed race, but for a women's race along the same route, on the same days as the men's.
Hugo Koblet said:Why bother? No woman would ever be good enough to follow the men.
diorgen said:There is no compelling reason to watch womens cycling.
del1962 said:What is the typical time differnce between Men and Women as a percentage over the same course, would the Womens race be shorter?
manafana said:it could work on shorter route but i think womans racing needs to focus on getting tv cvoerage and more one day racing.
scholar said:Apologies if petitions etc. are off-topic here (I wasn't able to find out from a quick search). Emmy Pooley drew my attention to this petition to ASO to allow female professional teams to race the Tour, which seemed worth sharing here.
hfer07 said:Bring back the Female TDF-but NEVER ever mix men with women.