Chennaoui criticises Tour de France Femmes TV coverage

Coverage becomes the story

TNT Sports presenter Orla Chennaoui has criticised organisers over the limited television coverage of this year’s Tour de France Femmes, calling it a 'disservice to women’s racing'. Her frustration followed Sigrid Haugset’s stage-winning attack, a move that also shifted the race narrative by putting her into yellow.

The issue matters because live coverage is not just packaging. In a race where a decisive attack can change both the stage result and the overall picture, the ability to see how that move forms, who reacts, and who misses it is central to understanding the performance. Without that context, viewers are left with the outcome but not the tactical chain that created it.

For a serious cycling audience, this is not a cosmetic complaint. Women’s racing has earned attention through the quality of the racing itself, but that value is diluted if the broadcast product does not consistently show the moments that decide the race. Chennaoui’s criticism lands because it links coverage choices directly to how the sport is perceived, followed, and analysed.

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