On top of its efforts to promote cycling, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift fights for causes such as gender equality, inclusion and solidarity.
FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Site access:
All Tour start and finish sites are accessible to people with reduced mobility.
Visually impaired people:
In 2021, the Tour de France celebrated the 25th anniversary of its partnership with HandiCaPZéro. Now, it wishes to extend this partnership to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift to expand the range of supports tailored to the needs of visually impaired members of the public. The charity adapts and publishes the roadbook's Braille, large-print and audio editions, which are sent free of charge to visually impaired people who request it at HandiCaPZéro: Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (handicapzero.org). The site also provides live updates of the race.
PROMOTING SOCIAL ACCESSIBILITY
Secours Populaire
Secours Populaire steps up to the plate in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift to ensure that children from underprivileged backgrounds are not excluded from leisure activities and holidays. For the 2023 edition, 200 children will get to participate in a recreational ride at the start in Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday 23 July.
FIGHTING FOR CHARITABLE CAUSES
PROMOTING GENDER PARITY
The organisation of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is the latest example of ASO's long-standing commitment to women's cycling:
- Since 1998: Flèche Wallonne Femmes
- Since 2014: La Course by Le Tour de France powered by FDJ, held in parallel with the Tour de France - Since 2017: Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
- Since 2021: Paris–Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift
- From 2022: Inaugural edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift
- From 2023 : La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es
At the event:
- Host/hostess parity in all our guest areas
- Same number of podium girls and podium boys