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In her 13-year career, the now 37-year-old Lisa Brennauer registered an impressive 58 professional wins, with success both on the road and on the track. She won the world time trial championship in 2014, nine German road titles, world and European titles in the mixed relay, three world championships in the team time trial and, on the track, the\u00a0Olympic gold medal in the team pursuit and world Track championships in both individual and team pursuit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But perhaps no finish meant more to the Kempten, Germany, native than that atop La Super Planche des Belles Filles on the final stage of the first ever Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (TdFF) in 2022. Not only was it the final finish line of her World Tour career \u2013 she formally retired three weeks later, after finishing fourth at the European Road Race Championship \u2013 but it symbolised the sea of change in the sport that she had witnessed and helped bring about.<\/p>\n

During her career, women’s cycling experienced significant growth, and recognition of the sport grew exponentially. There was a large increase in media coverage, with live streaming and TV broadcasts becoming more common.\u00a0This led to greater fan engagement and increased participation, which attracted more sponsors. In addition, the UCI introduced minimum wages, maternity leave and other benefits for female cyclists, recognising their sport as a profession and improving working conditions.<\/p>\n

And high-profile multi-stage races, such as the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift,<\/a> were introduced or re-introduced, attracting more media and more sponsors and raising the level of the competition. Brennauer\u2019s final general classification ranking in that initial TdFF, 58th, more than an hour behind the winner, the legendary Annemiek van Vleuten, was incidental to her participation in a watershed moment for women\u2019s cycling, a Grand Tour with global reach and the chance to climb cycling\u2019s iconic mountains, such as La Super Planche des Belles Filles.<\/p>\n

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The women’s peloton at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe women’s Tour de France is a huge step forward for us,\u201d she said in 2022<\/a>. \u201cEveryone is buzzing, riders and teams. The Tour tops our calendar. For example, my team, Ceratizit WNT Pro Cycling, uses the Tour for a big staff event in Paris. The whole company will come to the Seine, everyone cycles for a bit, watches ours and the men’s race. That’s when a big connection will happen. I’ve been following the race for decades, sat in front of the TV as a teenager, so to be part of the Tour now feels really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since that first TdFF, women cyclists riding in it have also climbed the Tourmalet and the Alpe d\u2019Huez<\/a> and this year will have the chance to tackle the Col du Granier and the mighty Col de la Madeleine. This is not about sightseeing, of course, but it is to make the TdFF into a global showcase for women\u2019s cycling, just as the men\u2019s Tour de France is for male riders.<\/p>\n

In that 2022 interview, Brennauer elaborated on the importance of the TdFF for women\u2019s cycling, saying: \u201cVisibility is the be-all and end-all. The women’s Tour de France simply offers us a massive platform. If people have the opportunity to watch our Tour live on free TV, of course, that helps a great deal. For eight successive days, we can show how exciting our races are and that we are in no way inferior to the men. And the spectators have the opportunity to watch it at home from their living rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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