If France can boast of having two runners in the first ten in the final classification of the final Tour de Francethis was not acquired in ease. Besides Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa B&B Hotels) who had to fight to keep his 7th place in the general classification, Jordan Iat (Totalenergies) also had to fight to integrate the top 10 the day before the arrival in Paris. The Breton went to the breakaway during the 20th stage on Saturday to recover the four minutes behind it on Ben O’Connor (Team Jayco Alula), then 10th in the general classification. But Breton was not warmly welcomed by his escape companions, in particular Simon Velascowho violently criticized his presence in the breakaway of the day, considering that the Breton condemned the chances of the breakaway.
“Come on go and get out”
Jordan Iat was therefore rotted by the Italian towards Pontarlier: “He insulted me with all the names. I told him to calm down, I never answered him. I did not understand everything about his Italian but when someone insults you, you necessarily understand the words”. So he's the team's boss Total energy, Jean-René Bernaudeauwhich intervened after the stage to explain themselves with the Italian runner, as shown in a video published this morning on social networks.
On this video, we see the 69 -year -old manager speaking in a virulent manner to the team runner XDS Astana Team. “Go go, get out, get out”can we hear. While Simon Velasco launches him in English: “You saw that everyone was pissed off against him. Do you see the race or not?”. This altercation probably did not calm the Italian but had the merit of putting the points on the I, one thing is certain, Simon Velasco should not join the ranks of French Proteam right away …
