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Bourg-d'Oisans (France) – Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme on Friday called for serenity and demanded that the public respect the riders, in the aftermath of the incidents that marked the end of the race. 12th stage in Alpe d'Huez.
The Italian Vincenzo Nibali fell because of a spectator and the riders of the Sky team were conspired.
QUESTION: How would you describe what happened?
ANSWER: " We had a very painful climb to the Alpe, the Tour riders, the Tour champions, must naturally be respected, which the vast majority of the public do not whistle. obviously not to touch the runners, even a bust that wants to be affectionate.If 150 people do the same thing in the day … The audience of the Tour is a benevolent public in its vast majority.Yesterday (Thursday), concentrated in the second part, sometimes an unconscious audience, even if it is not an over-excited spectator who makes Vincenzo Nibali fall, it is a spectator.These are not the motorcycles of the Republican Guard, and I want to pay tribute to the services of the State for the admirable work they have done. "
Q: What do you say to the public?
R: " You have to regain serenity baduredly, respect all the runners, applaud those you want to applaud … That the audience of the Tour is the audience of the Tour de toujours … to fetch overflows on the road of the Tour, it is necessary to go far: Eddy Merckx in 1975. "
-" Benevolent public "-
Q: Are you optimistic for the following ?
R: " I do not doubt that we will find the benevolent public of the Tour de France in the coming days.There we were on a peak which, unfortunately, left on the tile an admirable champion , Vincenzo Nibali, each of whom praises the old-fashioned spirit, an off-road champion He'll be missed! "
Q: What do you say to the part of the audience that takes to Froome and the Sky team?
R: " I heard the whistles at Alpe d'Huez, as I had heard from the Vendee, and it was very quiet on the side of the road for ten days , with very few signs anti-Froome or anti-Sky.All at once, it's skyrocketed.I can only renew my calls for calm, common sense, serenity, with regard to runners who make the Tour de France It is a paradox: Vincenzo Nibali, who does not belong to the Sky team, finds himself on the grid "
Q: were there specific measures at Alpe d'Huez?
R: " The problem of security is a global one: on the rise of Alpe d'Huez, there were nearly 500 gendarmes, 1.3 kilometers of gates below, the four the last few kilometers were blocked, the turn of the Dutch, traditionally the most complicated sector, was held behind ropes, in the second part, spectators ran behind the runners, they lacked respect, they had only one desire, to show oneself in front of the camera, to take a selfie … We do not want to see that again. "
– Smoke –
Q: Do you envisage special measures for the Pyrenees?
R: " We know very well that we have two peaks in the Tour which are Alpe d'Huez and Ventoux (not in the program of the Tour 2018) .These are two mythical climbs, where The atmosphere is different from the other days of the Tour de France.All the measures taken, all the messages that are pbaded, do not have the effect that we would like to have.In the last days of the Tour de France, there will be no equivalent to what we have been living in. In recent years, measures have been put in place around runners with Republican guards to keep people running. They did it yesterday. beautifully until the turn of the Dutch, then it was simply impossible "
Q: With an aggravating circumstance, the smoke …
R:" We do not There is nothing more about it, and it's often said that the worst thing about road safety is fog, that's exactly it. "Smokers have nothing to do on the roads. Cycling races, we make the runners of the Tour breathe a nauseating odor, and in addition we blind them. That makes no sense "
Q: Will the Tour return to Alpe d'Huez?
R:" Alpe d'Huez is a mythical climb of the Tour, it will remain so of course. "
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