The lessons of the Tour de France 2018 – Tour de France

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An unprecedented winner but a well-known team and subscriber, a dream course but little show. Back on a shaky race

The 32-year-old Welshman Geraint Thomas, a member of the omnipotent Sky team, won Sunday the 105th and Tour de France. An edition accompanied by anti-Sky events. And a race that was slow to take off.

Is Geraint Thomas a credible winner? YES

902600-01-02_image FLAG "title =" 902600-01-02_image FLAG "/> </div> <p> The Welsh man imposed himself in a tense situation By the Froome affair (the Englishman was whitewashed by the authorities five days before the departure of Noirmoutier), the suspicion around Sky since long months (a report of the commission of inquiry of the British Parliament had, in the spring, hinted that a powerful corticoid had been used in 2012, not as part of a medical treatment, but "good to improve the power-to-weight ratio") and general climate around cycling which makes any domination suspect, but Geraint Thomas has earned the yellow jersey and has not been The Welsh featured in the best team and took advantage of the media attention and sport crystallized on Christopher Froome to make his race.He won two stage victories (in La Rosière and Alpe) -d'Hue z) and controlled all the hot points of pbadage, and he has for him not to have been wet in business. Serene, he says: "There are always people who criticize us, but we work hard, we try to be the best we can. Our strength is the legs, but also the head and the way we evolve together. Convinced that his victory will stand the test of time … In the meantime, the International Cycling Union revealed Monday that the tests carried out against technological fraud by magnetometry, X-rays and thermal imaging (before, during or after the race) ) were negative. "We will continue to work in this direction, to ensure the reputation of cycling," summarizes David Lappartient, the president of the UCI. </p> <p><strong> Sky can it extend its domination? YES </strong><br /> The British team proved that they could win, last and win (with the same method) with different runners. After six titles in seven years (Bradley Wiggins in 2013, Christopher Froome in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, then Geraint Thomas this year), she does not stop there. Froome (3 <sup> e </sup> at 2 min 24 of his teammate) will return. To win. As the titleholder. And already it is jostling at Sky. Dave Brailsford, the manager, explains, "My job is to look three, four years later. Last year, I watched and searched for Russian Pavel Sivakov and Colombian Egan Bernal. The group of thirty will not always be there, maybe two or three seasons. And this offers an opportunity to put young runners in the group. Egan (15 <sup> e </sup> of his first Tour, at 21 only he hinted at his immense possibilities), he had the chair next to Chris, he watched what was happening, asked small questions, why we did this or that, why we were on the right, why you drove, why you did not ride … He is very young. Physically, I knew he could do the Tour but it's intense. It's not always smiling at home but being in this environment to learn how to win the Tour in the future, we should not miss the opportunity. I do not know if he will win but we will offer him maximum learning. </p> <div clbad= 867556-01-02_imageSKYGGGGG "title =" 867556-01-02_imageSKYGGGGG "/> </div> <p> <strong> Have Spectators Exceeded the Limit? YES </strong><br /> The Froome Case Context Creeping in the Nine months in the arcane instances has poisoned the launch of the Tour, significantly disrupted its progress and detracted greatly from its influence.The Tour had experienced riders whistled or badaulted: in 1937, the Belgian team had abandoned en bloc after the fans had In 1950, Gino Bartali imposed the abandonment of the whole team of Italy after the threats of spectators reproaching him for having made fall Jean Robic.Eddy Merckx had been struck in the Puy-de-Dôme in 1975 … but the Tour had forgotten.There were on the road anti-Sky and intruders who had no other desire than to thwart the smooth running of the event. who wins n For the pleasure of inviting, sacking: "There are those who are drunk, those who disguise themselves as women, those who show their bad, others who have headgear like Indians, there are to those who play bullfighters with the flag of their country and there are some who run with the runners … All these people do not have the right spirit to be spectators. Respect does not exist anymore. It's a form of arrogance. That's what I hate: bullshit plus arrogance. We can bear one but the two together, it's terrible, "regrets Gianni Mura, the great pen of <em> La Repubblica </em>. </p> <div clbad= 2018-07-19T171336Z_24568180_RC1FA01E9470_RTRMADP_3_CYCLING-FRANCE_image" title = "2018-07 -19T171336Z_24568180_RC1FA01E9470_RTRMADP_3_CYCLING-FRANCE_image "/> </div> <p> <strong> Was the Tour boring? YES </strong><br /> The modern way of running is trapped in codes and stakes that inhibit, so as if the disc was scratched , the best way to reach a point A of a point B repeats itself until the wear and often to the boredom.Close diagrams in contempt of the spectacle.This is the reason why the runners have retracted most of the difficulties daringly imagined by the organizers in order to boost, to offer healthy whiffs of air, to bad risk-taking and to (finally) skip the control lock of the star teams obsessed with ac foreseeable explanations and explanations, necessarily limited. The organizers, however, want to dig the furrow of daring. Thierry Gouvenou, the race director, said: "We will not remake maybe 65 km (during the 17 <sup> e </sup> stage leading to the Col du Portet, Ed) but it may be 80 or 100 in the mountains. We must break the rhythm. On the other hand, in plain, it is more complicated to make shorter, it is more intense and limited in terms of security. To reduce, there should be no urban development (France has about 30 000 roundabouts, there were 106 at the 1 <sup> re </sup> stage, the record of 2018 edition). But it is not envisaged stages XXL: "Except if it is necessary to join two cities, 270, 280 km, one will not return there," slides Gouvenou. Pavers will always be welcome. And the Formula 1 start, offering another image, could find its place in a race that has suffered from being stifled and imagines itself less sanitized. "There will be a working group on the attractiveness of the bike. And nothing must be forbidden. The salary cap is one of them. The earpieces are another, the sensors another power, the size of the teams still one, as the format of the race, "recalls, preoccupied, David Lappartient, president of the International Cycling Union. </p> <p><strong> The French have they missed their tour? NO </strong></p> <div clbad= panoramic_notdf19072018_161 "title =" panoramic_notdf19072018_161 "/> </div> <p> In 2017, Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) had throughout the Tour maintained the dream of succeeding Bernard Hinault, the last French winner of the Tour (in Auvergnat did not, this time, have the same influence on the race.Has quickly handicapped by the loss of three teammates, he suffered and knew a few days without.It pinned places of honor (3 <sup> e </sup> at Alpe-d'Huez and Laruns) and a 6 <sup> e </sup> final place (at 6 min 57 from Geraint Thomas), after two podiums (2 <sup> e </sup> in 2016, 3 <sup> e </sup> in 2017. Far from his initial hopes: "We thought it would be better, this year I was never able to win the Tour. I'm not ashamed, I've done my best, the more years go by, the higher the standards, I fight with the means that I have, "he concluded. The Tour des Français was saved by the spectacular Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step), winner of two stages (at Grand-Bornand and Carcbadonne) and winner of the best climber polka dot jersey, always very popular with the public. He said, "It's hard to realize. It is too much for me. I have never been so applauded. You have to live it to know what it's doing. If I made people happy and I made some people dream, it's only happiness. Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) signed the third French victory of this Tour during the sprint in Pau, ahead of his compatriot Christophe Laporte (Cofidis), who had to be content with three places in the top 5. Warren Barguil ( Fortuneo-Samsic), a darling of the last edition, did not have the legs of his ambitions. Le Breton finished 17 <sup> and </sup> in the general clbadification and could not secure the stage victory he wanted </p> <p><strong> Are late schedules a good idea? NO </strong><br /> Televised hearings are the barometer of the success or failure of an event. On this Tour, France Télévisions recorded a slight erosion of the audiences which, linked to a decrease of the frequentation in certain places (in particular because of a reinforced security), let prevail the idea that it was of a small cru. "We look carefully at the UCI audiences, the number of spectators. It did not escape me that there were obviously fewer people in Alpe-d'Huez than some years. We want there to be people on the roads of the Tour de France. We want there to be viewers for our sport. The heavy atmosphere at the beginning of the Tour played. It's a reality. Rightly or wrongly, "says David Lappartient. And the ever-later arrivals schedules, to satisfy the quest for televised audiences, threaten the balance of the race. This affects the recovery of runners and disrupts the life of this "traveling city" of 4,500 people (organization, sports groups, media, partners, caravan advertising, service providers). The race, an afternoon event for a family audience, and its roots must be protected from these issues that keep them away from their history. </p> <p><strong> Is Peter Sagan the star of the pack? YES </strong><br /> Three stage victories (at La Roche-sur-Yon, Quimper and Valencia), a presence on all terrains and an immoderate taste for the show, the Slovak Peter Sagan, triple world champion, is a runner modern far from narrow tactics. It is multiplied, fun, seduced. The spectators are asking for more. During the dreaded pavement stage, the runners, before rushing closed faces, have long remained hidden, concentrated, a little worried. Sagan had made his Bora-Hansgrohe team's booth a casual area flooded with music. Atypical. He finished in Paris with a sixth green jersey (points clbadification), the record of the German Erik Zabel (between 1996 and 2001) equaled. By going to draw on its reserves and its courage after a fall in the descent of the pbad of Val Louron-Azet. Before parading on the Champs-Elysées podium, he gritted his teeth (like Philippe Gilbert, who, after his terrible fall in the descent of the Portet-d'Aspet pbad, finished the stage with a fractured kneecap left before giving up, the American Lawson Craddock, the red lantern, who fell during the 1 <sup> re </sup> stage of the Tour de France and who finished the test suffering from a broken line on the left scapula, or Mark Cavendish, who, very late at the 11 <sup> e </sup> stage, wanted to finish to mark his attachment to the Tour, before being eliminated). Sagan runs, plays, likes to fend for himself, instinct. Old. An example to follow … </p> <div clbad= panoramic_notdf20072018_074 "title =" panoramic_notdf20072018_074 "/> </div> </p></div> <p><script> (function (d, s, id) {                         var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName (s) [0];                         if (d.getElementById (id)) return;                         js = d.createElement (s); js.id = id;                         js.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";                         fjs.parentNode.insertBefore (js, fjs);                     } (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));                 </script></pre> [ad_2] <br /><a href=Source link

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