New elite women's stage race launched in Pyrenees

The Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées is scheduled for this August

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A new elite women's race in France, the Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées, will take place for the first time this summer.

The three-day stage race will take place from the 5th-7th August, and has been awarded 2.1 status by the UCI. It was launched this week. The category puts it on the same level as more established races such as the Lotto Belgium Tour and the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche.

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Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling on tarmac, he's happy. Before joining Cycling Weekly he spent two years writing for Procycling, where he interviewed riders and wrote about racing, speaking to people as varied as Demi Vollering to Philippe Gilbert. Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.