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tour de france stage 9 woman cycling children up hill - screenshot via ProCyclingStats on Twitter“Mum of the year” cycles uphill with bike trailer and towing extra child on Tour de France route
Screenshot via ProCyclingStats
Footage of a woman cycling with a child bike trailer uphill with another child getting a tow off the back of that is going viral, with cycling fans applauding the hardy effort by saying she "deserves a contract" and is "the true wearer of the polka dot jersey" at this year's Tour de France.
#TDF2022 It's hard to be a good mom #respect #sharingpassion pic.twitter.com/vKZwPRso6I
— ProCyclingStats.com (@ProCyclingStats) July 10, 2022
With today's stage 9 being won by Bob Jungels after a mammoth 65km solo break, it's perhaps fitting that ProCyclingStats filmed this gritty effort to set us up for an emotional end to the day's proceedings. Jungels claimed his first World Tour stage victory for four years after suffering from a rare condition called arterial endofibrosis, with this win marking his comeback proper.
I aspire to be this sort of mum https://t.co/iCkogtLIDR
— Lucy // Luna 🎮🤸♀️🎨 (@retr0Luna) July 10, 2022
Fellow mums were full of praise for the woman, while some have also suggested that a Cannondale sponsorship should be on the cards, especially since it's been claimed that this isn't her first rodeo; a photo of what appears to be the same cyclist riding an identical Cannondale bike with a trailer attached was allegedly taken at the Giro d'Italia in 2019.
Think this supermum only excels on the climbs? The folks at ProCyclingStats caught her on the other side too, albeit with the additional towed child who was tied to the trailer understandably detaching himself for this bit…
#TdF2022 Captured mom in the downhill as well pic.twitter.com/ywaBiMSmhO
— ProCyclingStats.com (@ProCyclingStats) July 10, 2022
Jack has been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of the website including tech, news and video, and also contributed to eBikeTips before being named Editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master's degree in print journalism and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it's a long story).
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It reminds me of the time I went to watch the tour in 2013 (TT stage finishing at Le Mont St Michel), I took a picure of a French lady going about her daily life but I didnt take any picures of Chris Froome
This was my childhood except it was a child seat on my Mum's bike, not a trailer. My folks have never owned a car and just rent or borrow one occasionally. They still cycle everywhere in their late 70s.
Sounds like "where did it all go right?"! Also, aside from knees and the worry of a spill it's got to be good to keep cycling as you age.
Agreed. Mum was knocked off and had her bike destroyed by a boy racer a couple of months ago and was back on a donated bike a few days later going back and forth to the allotments every day.
I know it's all well-intentioned, but would you/anyone publicise the same story if it was a man riding that bike?
Most likely. On a slow news days there's anything unusual featuring a bike.
If he was wearing the same polka dress, I bet it would be a nice story.
But let's face it, one of the biggest cycling problems unless you are Dutch, is that girls don't cycle as much as boys. So they are a bit more rare sight...
Why ever not? The story stands because it is remarkable for being unusual, and entertaining. That would be just as true if it were a dad at the helm.
The story is remarkable because all the current media attention is on the efforts of a collection of superfit athletes riding a grand tour. Here we have a non-Lycra wearing civilian in a polka-dot dress winching two children up a hill on a bicycle as if it was a daily occurrence.
Thankfully not in West Oxfordshire area of Thames Valley Police otherwise the focus would be on the lack of a helmet.
Maybe less likely - but as others have noted it would be a less unusual story. Women are sadly under-represented in cycling (and mothers probably more so again) so stories like this are positive profile which might encourage others. And just quite nice IMO.
One of the highlights of an earlier TdF stage for me was seeing a cyclist (male) really going for it on a cycle path adjacent to the peloton... with a child trailer in tow.
It's not, but...
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