Who was announced as race director of the Tour de France Femmes for its 2022 debut?

Marion Rousse was announced as race director of the Tour de France Femmes for its 2022 debut.

Amaury Sport Organisation appointed Rousse in October 2021, ahead of the inaugural eight-stage race scheduled for 24–31 July 2022. The appointment gave the new event a recognisable leader with experience as both a rider and television consultant.

Rousse had won the French road race championship in 2012 and retired from professional racing in 2015. Before taking charge of the women's Tour, she had also worked in race organisation as deputy director of the Tour de la Provence.

The 2022 race was the first official women's Tour de France since 1989. It began on the Champs-Élysées and ended at La Super Planche des Belles Filles, with Annemiek van Vleuten winning the overall title. Rousse is sometimes confused with riders such as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, but those women were competitors, not the event's director.