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    Hannah Barnes

    Jun 09, 2022 4 minutes

    Hannah, how did you feel when news broke that there was finally going to be a women’s Tour de France this summer?

    I think it’s great. With women’s cycling in general we’re always trying to push things on. We’ve been lucky enough to have races added to our calendar alongside those of the men, like the Ardennes (the Amstel Gold Race for Women, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes) and the Tour of Flanders. But to have the Tour de France is amazing.

    I think eight days is a great length of race for us. Also, to start our Tour de France when the men finish is great because it means we’ve got all the media attention. Not that we’re

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