Greig Leach

The morning that the Tour de France was to come into Paris to finish on the Champs Elysees, the organizer mounted the first ever Women's Road Cycling event on the fabled cobbles. La Course brought the best professional women to race 11 laps around the same finishing circuit that would end the 101st Tour de France, the men would only make 8 laps of the circuit. While TV coverage of the event was not on par with the men's racing, the racing was every bit as fast and as exciting. This is the French National Road Champion, Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Rabobank) in the break along the gutter of the boulevard with Amy Pieters (Giant Shimano). Just like the men later in the day, there were a number of break away attempts each chased down by the teams of the sprinters.