Tour De France – Fusion Nepal

There’s a rather notable absence from Le Tour de France — women.

Not only are women not allowed participate in the men’s only cycling event, but an equivalent race for women doesn’t exist.

This year thirteen women rode every stage of the Tour de France before the men did to make a point about equality in cycling — that it’s high time there was a female equivalent to the Tour de France. And, that women are more than capable of completing the Tour, one of the most difficult sporting events in the world.

Naysayers might argue here that female cyclists have La Course, a one-day women-only race managed by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour de France. But, does one day of cycling really count as an equivalent? Read more…

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Last year the Tour de France gave us freaky sunburnt muscular legs. This year it’s given us another bizarre viral gift — an incredibly dangerous bike stunt caught on video.

In this clip recorded by NBCSN Cycling, the peloton can be seen pedaling intently along a hillside. Suddenly, from the right of the frame comes another biker, who appears to be heading straight from the grass into the group.

But instead of crashing into everyone, the biker uses a portion of the hillside to boost himself over the heads of the riders. He even manages to stick the landing on the other side of the road. Read more…

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