We have the first ever women's Tour de France champion from 1984, Marianne Martin joining us today.  We will be talking about the 1984 Women's Tour de France, women's racing today, her thoughts on growing women's cycling, and what this former cycling champ is up to today.

 

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In Today's Show

• Feature Interview with Marianne Martin
• Endurance News
• • Clash Daytona Race and Pro List
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Feature Interview with Marianne Martin

1984 marked the first-time both a woman and a man stood on the podium as winners of the Tour de France together.  It was Laurent Fignon who won the men’s race and it is was the American rider Marianne Martin who won the women’s title. Moreover, that it was the inaugural edition of the women’s French Grand Tour called the Tour de France Féminin.  It was a 1,083 kilometer, 18 stage race that ran concurrent with the men’s event.

 

The Dutch national team was heavily favored, with its leader Heleen Hage featuring prominently as the race’s likely winner.  Little did anyone expect that an underdog American team with an unknown rider by the name of Martin would triumph.

 

Martin continued her strong ascending and captured the malliot jaune (yellow jersey) after the 14th stage and never looked back. Martin lead the Tour de France Féminin into Paris, marking the first and last time an American would stand on the top step of the podium.

 Women Cyclists Change Tour de France Forever - The Washington Post

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