Shouldn't it be sportif and not sportive ?

[MSeries]

and sportifs

as in Le Coq Sportif

[Wowbagger]

But a coq is not usually feminine.

(Health warning: that's a wild guess and I'd wait for one of those clever Francophile like Frenchie or Nutty to come along and confirm it).

[Mike J]

But a coq is not usually feminine.

Le is masculine and la is feminine.

[border-rider]

Mmm.  Sportif/ive is an adjective so it can be either depending on the gender of the noun it applies to

l'homme sportif
la femme sportive

[Wowbagger]

Mais oui, but les adjectifs ont les endings différents dependant on whether ils sont masculine ou féminine.

Le grand vélo mais la grande bicyclette.

N'est-ce pas?

[MSeries]

Wikiepedia reckons cyclosportive is short for randonee cyclosportive which is feminine. It was always sportif in the early days before they became popular.

[nickwill]

I might be totally wrong here, but I always thought that the term sportive applied to the event, and sportif to  the participant.

[Martin]

the event itself would be called une epreuve, therefore the adjective is sportive.

[Frenchie]

Une etape ou epreuve sportive.

Both feminine.