The route for the women’s race to be run on the final day of Le Tour de France was revealed on April 30, CyclingNews reports. La Course By Le Tour de France will run on a 90 km course which will include 13 laps of the final circuit of the Tour on the Champs-Élysées. The race was announced in February by the Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) in an effort to promote women’s cycling on the international stage.

1. Route Unveiled for La
Course By Le Tour de
France
The route for the women’s race to be
run on the final day of Le Tour de
France was revealed on April 30,
CyclingNews reports. La Course By Le
Tour de France will run on a 90 km
course which will include 13 laps of the
final circuit of the Tour on the Champs-
Élysées. The race was announced in
February by the Amaury Sports
Organisation (ASO) in an effort to
promote women’s cycling on the
international stage.

2. The event came about in large part due
to the petitioning of Le Tour Entier,
group founded by cyclists Chrissie
Wellington, Kathryn Bertine, Emma
Pooley, and Marianne Vos for the
purpose of finding higher profile
opportunities for the sport of women’s
cycling. Vos, a multi-discipline world
champion and Olympic champion, was
on hand in Paris to present the route for
the July 27 race, calling it “a historic
day.”

3. Besides line honors, prizes will be
awarded for intermediate sprints for the
best sprinter's classification on each of
the first 11 laps. A prize for the best
young rider under the age of 25 will also
be given.
In the keeping with the theme of an all
women’s race, certain conventions of
the Tour have been adjusted. Along with
the 100 women of the peloton, security
for La Course will be performed by
policewomen from the Paris Police
Prefecture. Riders who reach the
podium will receive kisses from podium
boys and the blackboard official is to be
a man. Winners of La Course will be
awarded the same amount as Tour
stage winners, a total of €22,500
(approximately $31,063.50).

4. The race is slated to be the most highly
visible event in female cycling event
since the 2012 Olympic Games in
London. It will be broadcast in 147
countries, with live viewing available 104
countries.
To read more or see a photo gallery
from the route unveiling, take a look at
the story at CyclingNews.