it's the end of the two hostesses on the podium, finally!

Good news to fight against sexism which was summed up in two pretty girls in miniskirts giving a bouquet of flowers to a victorious man.

The Tour de France changes and this is a first its protocol and promises a man and a woman to put the jerseys back on the finish podiums. Seeing two beauty "misses" giving a prize to the winner of the day was considered sexist for many.

This news was announced by Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France, during his presentation of the health instructions for the start of the Grande Boucle in Nice on August 29.

“You used to see the champion surrounded by two hostesses, with five elected on one side and five partner representatives on the other. There, it will be different with a single elected official and a single representative of the partner of the yellow jersey, as well as a hostess and a host for the first time, ”he said at a press conference, information reported by the France-Presse agency.

"Yes, it's new but we have already been doing it in other races for 20 years such as Liège-Bastogne-Liège", he added.

The Flèche Wallonne race, in 2018, opted for a mixed podium: a man to reward the winner and a woman to the winner.

But nothing concerning the famous "kiss" to the winner, who in addition to being late is not at all Covid Friendly. For a long time, voices have been raised to demand the end of the podium hostesses. In 2019, a petition even collected nearly 38,000 signatures. The text emphasized that women “are not objects, not rewards”. Formula 1 ended in 2018 the “grid girls”, these young women, chosen for their plastic, who indicate the location of the cars.

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