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soon relieves resonate when it saw. ready the night and the music. being told in 1st want 2019 from september 6th to september 29th. to. 13 women. 21 stages. 3480 kilometers. and one. driver tour de france for women because so far it's a medal in the competition. jacqueline that we want to show that women can accomplish extraordinary things too by doing something that may look

a bit crazy getting people to listen to us because. their plan is to cycle the entire tour de france all 3480 kilometers exactly one day ahead of the met. we're in brussels where the tour de france will start this year tomorrow these 13 women set off from here now they're making last minute preparations sorting out their helmets jerseys and shoes it's. like this. just to please everybody decked out anyone need to digest plus. one would think that this is a joke and this is all legal it's all natural ingredients these a food supplement. that just. clear florrie is the one behind the dawn on

designer project which roughly translates to let's get women on bikes she's been doing the tour de france every years since 2015 no matter the circumstances. i don't know if do they were the 1st time we did the 2 or there were just 3 of us and we didn't know if we'd budgeted enough money on the trip we stayed the family is called meals and washed out jerseys by hand every evening. on the beaches tamayo it was do it yourself basically did you but that was a real adventure. things have become much more professional in recent years. now the women have a sponsor without this financial support they'd be hardly able to pay for their bike equipment and accommodation. none of the women are professional cyclists clara for example works as a sports teacher and organizes this competition in her spare time. to book with

kaya mrs organizing all this is exhausting but it's ok because it's my passion right now it leaves me little free time for anything else because i'm totally focused on this project. but in one or 2 years when they will hopefully be a women's tour de france it will have paid off because there's political psychos it's actually think of them book. in central brussels the morning before the race the women are preparing to set off. to morrow in just a few 100 meters from here the belgian king will send off the men competing in the tour de france. that. empty and then somewhat unceremoniously there off. unlike during the actual tour de france the roads are not blocked off to cars so they must carefully we in our traffic and

there is much less pomp and glamour than during the men's race may have to deal with red lights on coming cars and other challenges. the women will cover a distance of 3480 kilometers cycling through the. the pyrenees and the alps climbing to an altitude of 2770 meters but it's not about setting new records all these women cyclists want is to be treated with the same respect as their male peers. how much you can will soon as i started cycling as a sport late when i was 24. and at some point i realised that i'd never seen a women's peloton on t.v. . even though there are plenty of women involved in competitive cycling but they never thought. i wanted to change that. some hardcore sideline friends of already gathered along the route to get a good view the men's tour de france quite a few are impressed by the women taking on this challenge.

for the sake of the men get all the backing attention they could hopeful but the women don't receive enough. when and that's why we're here to cheer them on good enough want to see it ok. anyone up for it can even cycle along with them for part of the journey everyone's invited no matter their gender. i think i have a point why is there thought of most for men and not for women surely there's room for both. cycling along with the women has become really popular now for security reasons only 100 athletes are allowed on the road at any one time when i know my mom has so many cyclists have joined us it's amazing that means our message is being heard and that's a fantastic feeling this official care. for days in 650 kilometers later

we're in san diego devotion of always mountains tough section lies ahead. but thankfully claire is in great shape and up for the challenge in fact just 2 weeks ago she competed in the french cycling championships. it's not a steep climb but it drags on. unlike the men who get nutritious snacks passed on to them on the go the women have to pull over to eat. that along with navigating road traffic slows them down considerably meaning that they need almost twice the time men do for a day's stage. a small team of volunteers accompanies the women on their journey helping with preparations. we even though this is the 2nd year now that oscar meyer has signed up to support them . and he even took a break from his student job so we could be here but it's

a race against the clock during these 3 weeks we help the women the more time they have to recuperate. carbohydrate heavy food and fruit give them the necessary energy to get back on that bike almost on 7 away so fast things have been go ahead all right but we still have half of the climb ahead of us but the toughest bit is still to come the negotiations there. and look for stability a really steep we'll see. every day the women spend 8 to 9 hours biking that obviously takes its toll with muscle cramps and the like a common problem luckily they have got 3 physio therapist on the team travelling with them when needed they set up their massage tables in the hotel always in the evenings they're super busy giving the women are up down. yeah richard reeves the

moment yesterday was a hot day we cycled for 215 kilometers and the last in line she would really painful jobs that our muscles got all tense but now i'm getting my toxins message out of my muscles so i'll be ready for tomorrow. and they're not there russia could . you know with their busy schedule they don't always have time for an evening rubdown often they meet local sports clubs and even mayors after a day's cycling like here and on c. for example there tends to garner them admiration though sometimes people doubt they'll pull off the whole tour if you think they'll make it to the end but we've been doing this for 5 years and so far only one participant ever gave up that's one out of 22 in the last 4 years between she turned they made it to the finish line. so there's no reason to believe all 13 of us won't make it this year about it. because you could win on that so women always need to prove themselves because

people tend to think that minimal capable is. day 2 in the bush this year clare and her fellow female cyclists are supported by an international women's team with athletes from england the u.s. and australia. australia's pippa lyon did not mind travelling this far to participate. and along the road her 11 month old son is there to cheer her on. since having him it's made it even more important to me to just show to the next generation boys and girls that women can do exactly the same as men yes we can do things as foster is strong but we can do it and we can do it really well. each year there are more and more people calling for there to be an old fishel women's tour de france but so far these demands have fallen on deaf ears . even though back in the 1980 s.

the organizers did one stage a women's race along with the men's but then rescheduled the event and that was the end of it christiane predominant charge of the tour de france doesn't want to tell us what he thinks about this instead he sends this statement mr pradelle moretti answered many times questions about the possibility of organizing during the tour de france or tour de france for women the answer is still the same organizing another race at the same time for 3 weeks is logistically not possible. there is some truth in this the tour de france is the world's 3rd biggest sporting event 4500 helpers are needed just to prepare the route and almost 30000 police officers and firemen are on duty to maintain security and some say that staging another race just requires too much work. but i've read up on geo the president of the international cycling union thinks a women's competition could be a great success. so. we will have to work

on a solution and examine the technical problems and circumstances i think we can address these challenges and i am convinced that women's cycling can appeal to a large audience if you know you and then your female athletes will finally get the recognition they deserve. the sport of on your ex talking the good news is that in 2014 the tour de france organizers did begin staging a one day women's race during the men's competition but for clare that's not enough . i asked myself why should we be happy with a one day race when we are capable of going for days at the several stages of days and weeks a one day race is not comparable to one that goes over several stages because over time cycling takes develop and it's something different for viewers to and from a sports perspective as well so i think women are entitled to a proper race. the. office and then also the. for know how much hard

work still lies ahead of the cyclists even though they've mastered the 1st steep stages. there's still a long way until they reach their final destination paris and it will also take a long time until there's a proper women's tour de france but giving up is out of the question. like tim ford this is the 5th time i'm doing this and i hope i don't have to keep going for another 15 months because it certainly is hard work and it gets harder by the year for the info i mean besides i want to start a family at some point the good news is should i stop others will take my place will see me in the shoulder at all the polls.

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