“Cycling is wonderful, but it is a very fragile sport”: Controversial organiser says the Tour des Pyrénées “is over”, after stage race marred by safety “chaos” Pascal Baudron also apologised for calling the women’s peloton “spoiled children” cycling
Despite the organiser’s claims, 22-year-old British pro Connie Hayes, who was riding the Tour des Pyrénées for AWOL O’Shea, posted photos of Lourdes on Sunday, just two days after the traffic bedlam during stage one’s finale, which showed the town’s streets devoid of parked cars and completely closed – in order to accommodate an amateur cycle sportive.
Nevertheless, Baudron also claimed to Sporza that marshals are required at every junction, otherwise motorists encroaching on the course are “inevitable”. “But we don’t have the financial and especially the human resources for that,” he says. “On a route of 125 kilometres you need 500 marshals at all junctions altogether. Just find those people.”, Baudron says that the increasing demand for safer courses means that the Tour des Pyrénées, and other major races, will struggle to continue in the future.
“There will be no more Tour des Pyrénées,” he concedes. “If you organise something, you want to enjoy it. But now it was all misery. A major catastrophe. And moreover, we cannot make the race any safer than it is now.have been cancelled before. It is also not certain that the Giro Donne will be able to continue at the end of this month. In the long run there will be no more races left.We’ve noticed you’re using an ad blocker. If you like road.
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