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rosy71 · 26/07/2015 21:40

Anyone enjoy watching this? Just a little gripe. Today was the final stage in Paris & was preceded by a women's race over the final circuit. Great for women's cycling. However, there were several crashes due to the treacherous conditions in very heavy rain. Consequently, the course was altered & those parts of the course were missed out for the men! It felt a bit like the women were testing the course out before the men came along!

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rosy71 · 26/07/2015 22:18

I stand corrected. I did think they had missed parts out. Oh well. Still seemed slightly unfair that the women were crashing all over the place though!

I agree, it was great to have the women racing too. :)

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CoolWheelsPan · 26/07/2015 21:53

Well not really. It was still the same course circuits round the centre of Paris, and it was very treacherous. The only recognition for the conditions was the the times given for the men's Tour were given as the end of the first lap, once they had gotten onto the circuit, and they completed a further 10 laps ( I think). To do otherwise would have been grossly negligent and dangerous.
LaCourse, the women's race was confined to the circuits only, whereas the men's Tour was approx 2,000 miles round France, and a bit of Belgium.
I did post elsewhere that it looked like it was okay for the women but too tough for the men.Smile, which wasn't really the case.

But still excellent to have this second edition of LaCourse, as well as a womens Tour in Spain and Italy too.