Report: No more podium girls at Tour de France

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Report: No more podium girls at Tour de France Mar 5, 2018 17:30:00 GMT

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Post by kickstandman on Mar 5, 2018 17:30:00 GMT

Report: No more podium girls at Tour de France
By VeloNews.com Published Mar. 1, 2018

The Times reported Thursday that the Tour de France will end the tradition of podium girls on its awards stage.

This follows the lead of the Vuelta a España, which phased out podium girls in 2017. Pro cycling races have often been criticized as sexist for podium ceremonies that feature female models to present awards. The bad behavior of some riders and race organizers has only compounded concerns.

Read more at www.velonews.com/2018/03/news/report-no-podium-girls-tour-de-france_458383#4QtqgMK6Yz8BXJz5.99

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Report: No more podium girls at Tour de France Mar 5, 2018 17:30:57 GMT

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Post by kickstandman on Mar 5, 2018 17:30:57 GMT

I wish a bit that they kept this tradition; I'm perplexed about the one line " The bad behavior of some riders and race organizers has only compounded concerns.", so in this day and age, it may be a concerned. I always thought it looked okay. In these days, things get political, this is political and I'm really not wanting to get into this aspect. It's been a tradition, I'm sure forever...I don't know if they did this say, in the '20s, back then you know.

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Report: No more podium girls at Tour de France Mar 5, 2018 20:34:58 GMT

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Post by Jem on Mar 5, 2018 20:34:58 GMT

I know what you mean about not wanting to get into a political discussion here....so I won't but , I do have something to add - the 'female adornment' in-between rounds at boxing and on the starting grid of F1 have the same fate as Le Tour. (I think)