Serious question, how are they going to fund a Womens team when most are struggling now to fund the Mens team.
Edit: I have no idea how that picture attached to this post.
The script was, so i'm led to believe, that Wiggins would win easily, he didn't because the Aussies altered the script. Fairly unpredictable wouldn't you say seeing as the bookies had him red hot favourite to win.
So 40% of the fans that watch the tour are there to watch the Caravan above all anyway, official figure that, and you think they'll go to watch the womens race.
Like an F1 race, if it rains it's unpredictable and anyone can win, even though they are not the best driver/rider there they just got...
72,734 signatures, that's quite a few.
However, the proof of the Tour for women will be how many of those bother to turn up and watch, 21 million on route for the men you said, how many will line the route to see the women? What figure will it make commercial sense, what amount of TV audience...