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The format of the race makes it very difficult to have two separate categories (men and women), IMHO. They could indeed open the race to anyone so that both me

The format of the race makes it very difficult to have two separate categories (men and women), IMHO. They could indeed open the race to anyone so that both men and women could compete in the race, but then women would trail men and have no chance of winning. This means they would also have to impose a number of women per team as otherwise no team would hire women. So it's not a simple issue.

mcpackieh 3y ago
Couldn't they run two races concurrently on the same roads, ranked separately? Moot point if the women don't actually want this though.
jimbokun 3y ago
What if they staggered it and just had the women starting each stage a day behind? (Or vice versa.)