Organisers of women's Route de France blame UCI for race’s cancellation

Move leaves France without a major stage race on the women’s international calendar

Women's peloton

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Women’s road racing has been hit with a significant blow with the announcement that the week-long Route de France stage race will not take place this year. Organisers Hervé and Brigitte Gerardin placed the blame for their event’s cancellation squarely on the UCI.

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Peter Cossins has been writing about professional cycling since 1993, with his reporting appearing in numerous publications and websites including Cycling WeeklyCycle Sport and Procycling - which he edited from 2006 to 2009. Peter is the author of several books on cycling - The Monuments, his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, followed in 2015 by Alpe d’Huez, an appraisal of cycling’s greatest climb. Yellow Jersey - his celebration of the iconic Tour de France winner's jersey won the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year Award.