'An absolutely beautiful moment': How the inaugural Tour de France Femmes can change women's cycling
CNN
It seems somewhat of an understatement to call the Tour de France a bike race.
It transcends cycling, shutting down every mountain pass, village, town and city it passes through, drawing huge crowds along the roadside like some kaleidoscopic carnival.
But -- except for a brief period between 1984 and 1989 -- women have been excluded from these festivities and, therefore, a place at the very pinnacle of the sport.
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