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Tour de France Femmes to Change Dates in 2024 Due to the Olympics

February 9, 2023 at 2:52 pm4 min reading

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The official dates of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift are yet to be finalized. However, they will be adjusted to accommodate the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as Christian Prudhomme, the Tour director, confirmed speaking to reporters during an event to promote the…

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Italy to Host the 2024 Tour de France Grand Départ

December 22, 2022 at 1:13 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

The rumours have been confirmed! The 111th edition of the Tour de France will start in Italy. ASO confirmed the news through a press release on Wednesday evening, after the race director Christian Prudhomme announced the news on Italian TV. The first start of the…

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The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Route Has Been Revealed: 5 Things to Know

October 27, 2022 at 5:15 pm8 min reading

Road cycling

The 2023 Tour de France Femmes route was revealed on Thursday in Paris, and there is plenty to get excited about while we wait in anticipation for next July. Like last year, the 2nd edition of the TdF Femmes will take place right after the…

TdFF Director Marion Rousse Opens Up About What the Role Means to Her

July 26, 2022 at 11:36 am6 min reading

Road cycling

We were delighted to have the chance to chat with Marion Rousse, the director of the race and one of the most influential women in cycling. We spoke about what her six-year-old self would have to say about where she is today, how women’s cycling…

The 2022 Tour de France Route Has Been Revealed

October 15, 2021 at 9:51 am6 min reading

Road cycling

The 109th edition of the most famous cycling race in the world has now a confirmed route! Copenhagen will host the Grand Départ, then we’ll be off to Northern France and its cobbles, and we’ll go for a brief visit to Belgium and Switzerland as…

What Can We Expect from the 2022 Women’s WorldTour?

July 30, 2021 at 2:17 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

Earlier this summer, the UCI released the official Women’s WorldTour calendar for 2022—and it includes some very pleasant surprises, indeed! Although we’re currently looking with anticipation to the women’s Olympic road race this weekend, we also like to make sure we have plenty of future…

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Škoda Service Team to the Rescue: The Red SUPERB iV Gets Fixed a Mere Day Before the Tour Starts

July 13, 2021 at 7:41 am6 min reading

Road cycling

God, save my soul! I crashed the Tour de France director’s famed red Škoda SUPERB iV. Strictly speaking, I didn’t hit it with my own car. I was driving the ‘Red One’ myself. Sitting behind the wheel, I tried to find a vacant parking spot…

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Boosting Team Spirit with Škoda SUPERB Cars

July 12, 2021 at 7:47 am5 min reading

Road cycling

If you watched the whole spectacle that is the Tour de France launch from Brest in northwest France, the sheer amount of colourful team cars surely did not escape your attention. It’s no secret that these vehicles are indispensable to troubleshooting, comfort, and even success…

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Why Škoda Cars Are Integral to the Tour de France

June 28, 2021 at 8:30 am6 min reading

Road cycling

If you are aware of Škoda’s history, you know it has been inseparably tied to cycling since the company’s founding in 1895 as a little bicycle workshop named Laurin & Klement. Today, about 250 vehicles bearing the distinctive winged-arrow logo can be found at the…