Kristen Faulkner, from Homer, went into the Tour de France Femmes with high expectations after winning two stages at the Giro. After an ill-timed bout with COVID and getting banged up in crashes, just finishing was a battle.
Kristen Faulkner continues despite injuries during Stage Three of the Tour de France Femmes on July 26, 2022.
Homer-grown cyclist Kristen Faulkner, who participated in her first Tour de France last month, believes there are several reasons for that. Although she was athletic, she said cycling wasn’t on her radar. The then 23-year-old had just finished college at Harvard, where she majored in computer science. While in school, she broke records for rowing and held the school’s best time for indoor rowing in her weight class.
“Cycling is both a race and also a game,” Faulkner said. “You have the effect of drafting, which is when you ride right behind your teammate, and you’re able to save energy, because you’re not in the wind the whole time. And so teams use this dynamic. If you’re the sprinter, your teammate will go right in front of you, and kind of ride in front of you until the finish, and then at the very last minute sprint around them. And so that teamwork plays a big role in how riders race.
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