Movistar rider Marlen Reusser has called out the uneven naming of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes as weird, suggesting it highlights an inequality between the sexes. The time trial world champion and former yellow jersey wearer attended the 2027 races' route presentation in Paris on Thursday, where all the stages were unveiled. Asked afterwards how she found the ceremony, she told the media: Its a nice event. What Im a bit disappointed [by] still is that its the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes. Where is the Tour de France Hommes? Like, this is weird to me. I dont understand this.In French, 'femmes' translates as women, and 'hommes' as men. Reusser also said she found the attention given to both races during the presentation to be disproportionate. We have two nice race directors, but I dont feel like theyre on the same level. Its more the mens director [on stage] that also has next to him the womens, she said. I think the Tour is doing so great, showing that there is not only mens sport. We speak a lot about it, but we just should do it more. I wish these little steps to come when we speak about the presentation and the whole thing.On stage during the ceremony, womens race director Marion Rousse praised the fact that both events will enjoy three-day Grand Dparts in the same country for the first time next year, something she said was a good message of equality. Rousse later responded to Reussers comments, saying it was not really the case that the ceremony portrayed the womens race as less important. Obviously the men's presentation is going to be longer because there are 21 stages against nine, she said. Cycling Weekly asked mens race director Christian Prudhomme for his response to Reusser's comments about the put Reussers comments about the unequal race names. The Tour de France is a major race that has been running since 1903. The Tour is the Tour, and were absolutely delighted that theres another race: the Tour de France Femmes, he said. The Tour, in fact, is a single event in two parts. We dont talk about the mens Roland Garros and the womens Roland Garros we just talk about Roland Garros. For us, the only issue is that we cant run both events at the same time. Its impossible. Its not like a tennis match where you play to the right and then to the left. When I launched the [Tour de France Femmes] five years ago with Marion Rousse, I said, Long live the Tour. Long live the Tours. I was actually wrong shes competitive. I dont hold it against her because in fact, its the Tour. The strength of this event, the womens event, is the Tour de France. And the Tour de France Femmes is good for womens sport. Above all, its good for the Tour, full stop. The mens race will begin in Edinburgh on 2 July next year, four weeks before the womens starts in Leeds on 30 July. Discover all the stages with our route guides.