After the Olympic fortnight, marked by the unforgettable images of joy and cheering surrounding the men’s and women’s road races in Paris, the women’s competition are back in action with the 3rd Tour de France Femmes. The peloton’s elite will battle it out over 950 kilometers of racing and eight stages, from Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, to the legendary Alpe-d’Huez climb, which will host the event for the first time.
At the start on Monday, 20 riders will begin the Tour as members of the MPCC, on their own. Among the MPCC starters are Alison Jackson, winner of Paris-Roubaix Femmes in 2023 and a member of our movement for six years, Juliette Labous, one of the spearheads of French women’s cycling, and Lorena Wiebes, one of the best sprinters in the world. Each of them proves that you can be a great champion and still be committed to the fight against doping.
Ten out of the twenty-two starting teams in the Tour de France Femmes have also chosen to join us. At the start of the season, the MPCC welcomed new Continental-level women’s teams, but there is still a long way to go before a much larger proportion of the peloton is involved in a more credible cycling, in the fight against doping and the professionalisation of women’s cycling. Our movement is closely monitoring its development and induces other teams, riders and support staff to join us.
