Feminists

The race winnings are far less than the men's races and they have no TV exposure in the US. They fought like hell to get a one-day stage at the Tour de France last year. They have one day races here and there in other tours but they struggle for legitimacy in a male-dominated sport. Thing is, those women are so exciting to watch. But they can't get the support to increase exposure and they only get little crumbs tossed their way by being able to race their own one-day race in a men's tour now and again. They need a women's Tour de France. They have women's stage tours in Europe, but you'd never know about it here.

And there are still cretins who think women can't race for 21 days like men can, so they think a Tour de France for women is just too hard.

Bah!