Hi' I live in Belgium, that's a tiny country near France! There is a tour de France for women , it's called La grande boucle and it means the big curl, it is usual in august and it takes about a day or 15! Jeannine Longot (42 years old now) has always been the champ, but now the russian girls are the best;this summer i did half a tour de franceas only woman with 10 men and i must say they didn't have to wait for me!! women are stronger in fact, we just miss the muscles! i'm called Mance Armstring, funny no?? sorry but my language is dutch, not english.