That Guadeloupe Tour Completely wacky! After the exclusion of the two Dutch runners hidden behind a car and waiting for the peloton during the 2nd stage, the endless troubleshooting of Benjamin Le Ny (Team Cama CCD) who turned into a fiasco, the road accident that involved cars in the advertising caravan, or the 10 -year -old girl struck by a motorcycle during the 8th stage, who suffers from a right -eyed hematoma and wounds with the lower members, it is a new case that rocked this 74th edition. Indeed, two French runners: Yannis André Lubin (Union Vélocipedique Marie-Galantise) and Lionel Miny (Youth cyclist of the Abymes) were excluded from the race due to a positive control carried out last month on the Marie-Galante Tourbut whose results arrived during this Guadeloupe Tour. The president of Guadeloupe Islands Regional Cycling Committee (CrCG), Frédéric Théobaldspoke on this subject in the program I reply chain Guadeloupe first And expressed his anger towards his two runners, by ensuring continuing the controls, including at the homes of the runners, for having, he advocates, a “credible cycling”. Currently on Guadeloupe Tour, Luc Leblanc contacted this Sunday Cyclism’Actu : “I have been going there for 12 years to the turn of Guadeloupe to RCI, the radio then I know that you, Cyclism'Actu, you will relay my message. It is easy to criticize from a Parisian studio, without ever having set foot here (…). The tour of Guadeloupe is much more than a cycling test: it is a mirror of our soul. This silence of the national media is not trivial. I appeal. Come see. Come understand. Come and feel. And you will see that Guadeloupe cycling deserves your full attention, your respect, and above all, your gratitude. “
“We couldn't allow them to start …”
“This morning (Friday, August 8, note), I received a notification of the legal service of my federation, in collaboration with the AFLD (French agency to combat doping), indicating that two runners had received in hand, yesterday, in Gourbeyre, the notification that they were suspended on a provisional basis “he says. “We could not authorize them to start. They must now get closer to the competent bodies to justify what they are criticized for. Last year, many said that there were none. I was in Switzerland, I challenged the FLD because we pay control rights for the credibility of our sport. I do not see the interest in young people to take risks with their health for, in the end, they are no longer. Remove them and it was done.concludes Frédéric Théobald in the show I reply.
Despite this shock wave, the race continues, as the president of the Guadeloupe Islands Regional Cycling Committeeand ends this Sunday with a last step for sprinters of 144 kilometers between Pointe-à-Pitre and Baie-Mahault. After a week of breathtaking racing, he is a runner from the training Don't Colombiathe Colombian Andrés Camilo Ardilawhich is at the top of the general classification after winning the queen stage of this 74th edition this Saturday, with the arrival at the top of Baillif. Passed in the ranks of training UAE Emirates-XRGthe 26 -year -old runner flies towards a coronation since he has almost 1 minute 20 on his dolphin, the Frenchman Stéfan bennett (Martinique), and more than 1 minute 30 on another French, Axel Taillandierteam Madras Capesterre Belle-Eau.
Back in pictures on the opening ceremony of the Guadeloupe 2025 cyclist?
The tour is now ??#TourCyclisteinternationalGuadeloupe #TCIG2025 #TourCyclisteGuadeloupe #cycling #TourGpe2025 #Tcig #tourcyclisteguadeloupe2025 pic.twitter.com/DqHPj610kB
– Guadeloupe cyclist (@tourcyclistegpe) August 1, 2025
Luc Leblanc: “It is easy to criticize from a Parisian studio …”
Luc Leblanc contacted this Sunday Cyclism’Actu And here is his message: “I have been going there for 12 years to RCI, the radio then I know you, Cyclism'Actu, you will relay my message. Today I want to speak to express a feeling that has lived in me for a long time, shared by many here in Guadeloupe: our passion for cycling is too often ignored, even despised, from France. Each year, the Guadeloupe International Cycling Tour is a major event for our island. It's not just a race. It is a moment of popular fervor, of communion between generations, a momentum of enthusiasm and passion that few sporting events are able to arouse. Here, the bicycle is a culture, a way of life, a pride.
And yet, where are the cameras of large national channels? Where are the journalists who are jostling to cover the stages, interview local runners, tell the exploits, the sacrifices and the sweat of those who fight on our burning roads? They don't come. They don't see. And yet they judge.
The yellow jersey, Andrés Ardila confirmed his domination over this 8th stage of the international cyclist of Guadeloupe by crossing the finish line in Baillif alone?#TCIG2025 #TourCyclisteGuadeloupe #cycling #Tcig #TourGpe2025 #tourcyclisteguadeloupe2025 pic.twitter.com/XumtOwGsgi
– Guadeloupe cyclist (@tourcyclistegpe) August 10, 2025
“Come see. Come and understand. Come and feel.”
It is easy to criticize from a Parisian studio, without ever having set foot on the road to Saint-Claude or in the rise of Sofaïa, without having felt the incandescent atmosphere of a final in Baie-Mahault, nor heard the vibrant encouragement of a people who vibrate for their runners. The tour of Guadeloupe is much more than a cycling test: it is a mirror of our soul.
This silence of the national media is not trivial.
It reflects a lack of chronic consideration for the overseas territories, as if what is happening outside of France did not have the same value. But we exist. We brill out. And our runners are valiant, sometimes more than those we see in the big races, because they fight with fewer means, but with an immense heart. I appeal. Come see. Come understand. Come and feel. And you will see that Guadeloupe cycling deserves all your attention, your respect, and above all, your gratitude. Because as long as you don't look with the eyes of the heart, you can't see anything. “
