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"It is not yet as big as the men's, but it is going in that direction" - Charlotte Kool backs 2024 Tour de France Femmes to be best edition yet
CyclingMonday, 29 July 2024 at 20:30
Women's cycling has been on a steeply upward trajectory in recent years. One of the clearest signs of the growing interest in the sport is the rise of the Tour de France Femmes, which in 2024, will depart from across the border in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
One of those Dutch riders hoping to impress on home roads at the start of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, will be Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL's sprint star, Charlotte Kool. "It is super special", she says cheerfully on the website of the Grand Depart. "It says a lot about the development of the Tour that this is happening. It is not yet as big as the men's of course, but it is going in that direction and that is great. I hope that many people will be on the sidelines during the stages and I also expect that this will give women's cycling in our country a huge boost."
Although normally feared in the peloton as one of the fastest women on two wheels, Kool has been notable cooler in 2024, claiming just the one win, a stage of the recent Baloise Belgium Tour. "I couldn't really be happy with that victory, because I haven't been the best version of myself all season," she says honestly. "I haven't been riding badly all season and I'm in a good position - especially in tough races - in the finals, so I've really made progress this winter. I also felt really good in the preparation for this season. My values in training and competitions have improved, but I still haven't had a top feeling all year. And that irritates me."
“In a sprint you never know what will happen. And of course I hope that I can find the right feeling in the coming weeks. The Tour has been a very important goal for me for so long," the 25-year-old concludes. "You know: around the National Championships I really started to improve and I thought I was on the right track again, but now something strange is going on again, which I hope is something innocent and that it will go away with rest.”
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