Mannori to become first woman to preside over panel of jury at Tour de France

UAE Tour UCI Jury President Francesca Mannori and UAE Tour UCI Jury Member Luc Geysen during the 3rd UAE Tour 2021
UAE Tour UCI Jury President Francesca Mannori and UAE Tour UCI Jury Member Luc Geysen during the 3rd UAE Tour 2021 (Image credit: Getty Images)

International commissaire Francesca Mannori will become the first woman to preside over the race jury of the Tour de France, held from July 1-24, as the President of the Commissaires’ Panel. 

Mannori, from Florence, Italy, has an extensive career as part of technical committees and race juries in all three Grand Tours: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España.

The race jury has an important role of enforcing the UCI rulebook and makes decisions regarding decisive moments during the races, checking the compliance of equipment, monitoring compliance with the rules and maintaining safety during racing. 

Mannori's panel of commissaires will work closely with the race director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, to resolve contentious decisions and to facilitate the overall smooth-running of the event. 

The International Cycling Union (UCI) appoints the chief commissaires for international events on its calendar, along with the commissaires' panel for the most major events.

Mannori became an international commissaire in 1993 and she has been a member of the race jury at major events such as the the World Championships, UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico, and various Italian Championships. 

She has also been a member of the panel jury at the five Monuments; Milan-Sanremo, Il Lombardia, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, as well as president of the jury at the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes in 2021.

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She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.