Racing round-up

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The first women’s Tour de France ran in 1955 – and then vanished. Stephanie Boland charts the long, winding road to its modern revival

Frenchwoman earns dream win on debut, reports Tom Davidson in Châtel

Challenge Gdansk, Poland, gets underway on 22 June. Marcel Bolbat (GER) would set a new race record to win in 3:44:03, after closing a 2:30min gap on the run to second-place Louis Woodgate (GRE). Swis

E ddy Merckx won the Tour de France ...

Naysayers silenced as crowds roar for the Tour