In two years, Haute-Savoie will become the world capital of cycling. It will host the UCI World Championships from August 24 to September 5, 2027. Twenty events will be on the program and for the first time, it will be women who will have the honor of closing the event. The organizing committee announced Friday that The women's road race will be the last event on the menu, September 5, in Sallanches. A strong symbol.
« Parity is not an option: it is a given ", the committee states, assuring that each discipline will be " equally represented between women and men " and all athletes will have " the same visibility, the same recognition, the same opportunities »This choice is all the more relevant as The women's Tour de France broke records audience this summer, particularly on France Télévisions, and that women's cycling continues to grow, as evidenced by the appearance of Paris-Roubaix on the calendar in 2021.
