Illustrated by Emily Kowzan. From the looks of it, 2014 is shaping up to be a good year for women and competitive sports. First, women's ski jumping was added to the Winter Olympic Games; now, female cyclists are getting their own version of the Tour de France this summer. From the 1980s through 2009, there was a race often referred to as the "women's Tour de France," but it wasn't the same as the men's. The move to create a women's version of the famous race began this past July, when four fema...
Illustrated by Emily Kowzan. From the looks of it, 2014 is shaping up to be a good year for women and competitive sports. First, women's ski jumping was added to the Winter Olympic Games; now, female cyclists are getting their own version of the Tour de France this summer. From the 1980s through 2009, there was a race often referred to as the "women's Tour de France," but it wasn't the same as the men's. The move to create a women's version of the famous race began this past July, when four fema...
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