look at that crazy we're getting people to listen to us because. their plan is to cycle the entire tour de force all 3480 kilometers exactly one day ahead of the match. for her. 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 ships. like this. just to please everybody check out anyone need to digest plus. we're because this isn't a this is all legal it's all natural ingredients these are food supplements. and that's just. clear florrie is the one behind the don't 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 you they were the 1st time we did the 2 i had there was just 3 of us and we didn't know if we budgeted enough money on the trip we stayed the family has called meals and washed our jerseys by hand every evening. when it was just on my you know it was do it yourself basically did you believe that it was a real adventure since a couple. 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. because i

receive 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 there will hopefully be a women's tour de france it will have paid off. like has a key think. in central brussels the morning before the race that women are preparing to set off. tomorrow in just a few 100 metres from here the belgian king will send off the men competing in the tour de france. that's it and then somewhat unceremoniously their off. unlike during the actual tour de france the roads are not blocked off to cars so they must carefully we in our traffic then there is much less pomp and glamour than during the men's race they 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. from which you can also use i started cycling as a sport like 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 feature on t.v. i wanted to change that. some hardcore cycling friends have already gathered along the route to get a good view of 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 i think 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. this is i think i have a point why is there thought a force for men and not for women should it has 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 get. for days in 650 kilometers later

we're in sandy devotion of always mountains the 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. but 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 their wheat. 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 and yet it. was even though this is the 2nd year now that oscar meyer has signed up to support them . 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 why so fast things are being go ahead all right but we still have half of the climb ahead of us the toughest it is still to come the negotiations there. and look for stability of 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 was really painful observe our muscles got all tense but now i'm getting my toxins message out of my muscles so i'll be ready for tomorrow as. they're not the rush. 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 all see for example he tends to garner them admiration though sometimes people doubt they'll pull off the whole tour if you think he'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 22 made it to the finish line. so there's no reason to believe all 13 of us won't make it this year but that's. because. we're on that zoom and always need to prove themselves because people tend to think that minimal capable

is. day 2 in the bush this year claire 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. along the road her 11 month old son is there to cheer her on. since having him it's made 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 in 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 a real apology oh the president of the international cycling union thinks a women's competition could be a great success. priests are used or we will have to work

on a solution and examine the technical problems and circumstances i think we can address these challenges at all 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 you get to shoot for the sport when you know it's called 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're capable of going for days at the several stages of days and weeks one day race is not comparable to one that goes over several stages because of the time cycling taints develop and it's something different to view is to and from a sports perspective as well so i think women are entitled to a proper right. the. officer then all see that was

a hoax or no 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. 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. as i came forward 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 in charlotte all the calls.

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