Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2017 La Course by Le Tour de France" in English language version.
Van Vleuten won the first stage – and official La Course event according to UCI rankings – up the Izoard on Thursday, which set her up to take off as first in this pursuit format stage.
In terms of getting off the mountain the day of the race, there was no police escort there was nothing. Every team was left to discover how to get to Marseille. It took us 9 hours and we were expected to race the next day. Then at the race, I was looking for a female toilet and there wasn't any, there was no facilities. I was offered a 'shewee' and I almost thought about not starting.