FILE PHOTO: Cycling - 5th La Course by Le Tour de France - 112.5-km from Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand - July 17, 2018 - Marie-Odile Amaury, President of the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), attends the race. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
(Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) is hopeful it can convince Tour de France organisers to hold a women's equivalent that will boost the sport, its president David Lappartient has said.
Women riders currently participate in La Course, a one-day competition during the Tour and this year's edition is a 121-km circuit race around Pau in southwestern France before the men begin stage 13 on Friday.
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