Tour de France postcard: pretty women among cycling's finer attractions

July 7, 8:18 PMCycling ExaminerJames Raia

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Hostesses at the entrance to the starting villeage in Marseille.         Image by James Raia

Tour de France tradition expands beyond great sport. It's a travelogue for all of French — cuisine, language, music, wine, ambience. It all adds to the three-week event's healthy serving of sensory overload.

But let's not forget about of one the best sights at the Tour de France — its beautiful women.

In general terms, they're known as “podium girls.”

And there's no doubt, the women hired to help distribute awards are beautiful. But there are always a great number of pretty women elsewhere at the race, particularly in starting villages.

Here's my first dispatch of images of some of the women working in the starting village in Marseille.

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