It was my understanding that the riders of the women peleton does not want longer stages.[0] With the depth of the quite young pro womens peleton, longer and ha

It was my understanding that the riders of the women peleton does not want longer stages.[0] With the depth of the quite young pro womens peleton, longer and harder races limits the field of potential winners to a few of the very-top riders. Maybe it will change as the rider pipeline with junior cycling catches up to the recent expansion of womens pro cycling, but right now the shorter stages does make for more entertaining racing. [0] https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/more-exciting-when-its-shorter-riders-question-tours-longest-stage https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/more-exciting-when-its-...