Tour de France
Tour de France: Marion Rousset has to deal with controversy
The Tour de France is not quite over. Indeed, after the men, the women set off for a race week. While Marion Rousset is in charge of this women’s edition of the Grande Boucle, she now has to deal with the dispute for her first Tour lead.
last sunday Tour de France ended on Champs-Elysées for men with victory on Jasper Philipsen for this last step. But a few hours earlier, on the most beautiful avenue in the world, it was the women who drove for the first stage of Tour de France. For the first time, the Grande Boucle is organized for women. The competition then runs for a week. Party of Champs-Elyséesthe peloton leaves for a week and the finish will be judged on top of Super board for beautiful girls. Competition organized by Marion Roussea former cyclist and now a consultant to France Televisions. Great first for the companion of Julien Alaphilippebut this one is not easy for Marion Ruse.
😱 Multiple falls less than 20km from the finish 🤕 Rachel Neylan (Kofidis) fell in a left turn. And in the next curve three new runners fall!▶️ LIVE: https://t.co/twyrnNVG0c pic.twitter.com/emO78ByS79
— francetvsport (@francetvsport) July 26, 2022
“I’ve never seen this in my entire career”
3 steps already, so about that Tour de France female. And right now it is Marian Voss, the Dutch star of the peloton who leads the general classification and therefore wears the yellow jersey. However, these first 3 stages were very busy and many crashes happened. Which creates some tension in the peloton. ” It was chilling because it was really flying everywhere “, he explained Sandra Levenezreported by France TV. on his part, Audrey Cordon-Ragot dropped : ” I have never seen this in my entire career. No respect. Do or die. It’s maddening… We’re not here for that! There was no respect for the teams. We always try to stay together, but there is always someone who comes where there is no room “.
“It’s nerve-wracking and the girls want to be in front”
Head of training Stadium Rochelle, Jean-Christophe Barbottin formulates an explanation concerning these numerous falls on Tour de France. ” This is the first Tour de France. It’s nerve-wracking and the girls want to be in front. It’s going fast… There you go! “, he confided then. ” We have to be very careful, but I am very, very worried about our sport and the safety of our runners when I see falls like this. “, on the other hand explained Steven Delcourthead of training FDJ-Suez-Futuroscopeworried after the terrible fall of Martha Cavalliwho had to give up.
“Unfortunately it’s never nice to see”
These many omissions somewhat tarnish the first edition of this Tour de France female. Marion Rousse that’s why he reacted. The head of the Grande Boucle explained, reported by France TV, that should subside over the stages. ” As the stages progress, there will be less nervousness. But we’ve seen some downfalls, and unfortunately, it’s never nice to see ‘, thus released redhead regarding this dispute about Round.