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I'm really surprised to read here that the Tour was a success commercially,
it never was on its own,
relying heavily on newspapers when they were influential and very profitable.
Nowadays the Tour is a franchise indirectly subsidized to the hilt,
with a 20% margin after tax.
I bet running a female race would dent their profits.
If only pro cycling wasn't a white heterosexual male only affair.