Greig Leach

Even the Tour de France Femmes are full of traditions despite this only being the second year of this version of the race. In days past the chalkboard with the time gaps on it was the only way the riders knew what there advantage was over the chasers (or the leaders for that matter). Now a days, the riders all have radio contact with their team cars behind the race. They in turn have wifi connections, race radio, and can even watch the race coverage in the car behind. Obviously, they know just how far behind the peloton is from the front group and who is where out on the road. Still the bright yellow motorcycle with the bright yellow clad driver and rider showing the riders the time checks on a chalkboard still exists. In other races, they have gone modern and use a dry erase board instead. Today the beneficiaries of the archaic technology are Georgia Williams (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) and Hannah Ludwig (Uno-x). Now they know that they have almost a minute and a half on the peloton with another 77 kilometers to race.