“We leave, and at the slightest incident we stop everything“. This time, the runners decided not to suffer and take matters into their own hands. Following a meeting held this Wednesday morning, the peloton of The return In fact voted by majority for neutralization, and therefore stopping the race, in the event of a new demonstration and dangerous situation during the 17th stage. It seems that the events of the day before and the new incidents which impacted the 16th stage were those too much for some, with a final modified at the last moment because of a strong mobilization in the final climb. “”Result of a CPA survey this morning: the runners voted to neutralize the stage if other incidents disturbing the race occur today“Reports the Spanish journalist Daniel Friebe. “General dismay is growing among the runners, who feel the (main?) Deciders in this process. They have no desire to run for improvised finish lines like yesterday“, he specifies.
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“We are only the pawns of a vast part of failures which, unfortunately, affects us”
Involved in the voting process by representatives of the 23 teams The returnthe professional cycling association (CPA) was also expressed on this decision before the departure of the 17th stage, through the spokesperson for the runners Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious). “We decided that in the event of an incident, we would try to neutralize the race, and it would be over, because running to an indefinite finish line is not really a fair sport“, he underlines before explaining the course of the vote and specifying that the decision only concerned the 17th stage, other votes being expected daily.”Unfortunately, we are caught in the midst of a case that may not really concern us and, for the moment, we are only the paws of a vast failure of chess which, unfortunately, affects us“Regrets the Australian.
“Yesterday (Tuesday), the situation began to become a little uncomfortable, because some deliberately tried to injure the runners by cutting down trees and placing their gourds on the ground to light fires. The situation is starting to become a little uncomfortable. I think everyone would like to arrive in Madrid, but it has to happen fairly and safely for runners“, He concluded.
