Q&A Clare Greenwood
Cyclist: You were part of the GB team that rode the inaugural Tour de France Féminin in 1984. Did you feel like trailblazers at the time?
Clare Greenwood: It felt more like we were a supporting act to the men, a novelty act, but in a good way. The women’s Tour ran parallel with the men’s and lasted the full three weeks. We raced 18 stages on the same roads as the men. We’d race the last half or third of the same stage the men were riding, and finish ahead of them in the same towns.
It was a huge gamble for the organisers, but we knew it had been a success from
