Pauline Ferrand-Prévot: “WTF! How can the organization of a big tour be so amateur?”
Logically blurred to have left with two runners late on the other 5, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot At first reacted through Story Instagram. Furious, the Frenchwoman lets her anger and frustration burst. “”WTF! How can the organization of a large tour be so amateur? The jury sleeps during the control of our bikes?! We were there 20 minutes before the control and two of our daughters did not arrive in time. We kept telling the jury that we had to go there, but apparently they were relaxed. So much preparation and effort for nothing. Land so much time in the general classification … UCI, you are in favor of a fair sport, but it is not the right way“, She reacted instinctively.
And the case did not stay there. The International Cycling Union (UCI) in the wake published her racing press release in which she indicated that the Movistar had received a fine for delay of 1,600 CHF in total. The jury then admitted that the situation had not been well managed, but that there was now nothing to do to remedy it. An observation which is far from satisfying the Visma | Lease a Bikewhich announced in a press release have filed a complaint with the UCI.
The screw files a complaint with the UCI
“The UCI jury recognized errors in the organization of the departure, but said that no other measure would be taken. The Visma team | Lease A Bike Women will take additional measures and file an official complaint with the UCI Board of Directors“, can we read in this press release.”We work in high -level sport and this is one of the major calendar tests“said Jacco Verhaerenresponsible for training the team. “”We congratulate the legitimate winners of today, Lidl-Trek, for their victory. We also want to emphasize that in sport, everything is a matter of fair play for all the teams. Unfortunately, this was not the case today, and we regret it deeply. Although the runners arrived in time for compulsory bicycle control before the team time trial, the process was delayed by the late arrival of another team. In addition, the control was only carried out by one person at the start, which has further extended the waiting time. It was not until later that a second inspector was deployed, but the Visma team no longer benefited. Consequently, some runners received their bikes with so much delay that they were unable.”
The Dutchman Anouska costs (UNO-X) also delivered its version of the facts and gave some lights on the origin of this chaos. “”Because of one of the teams before us (Movistar, editor’s note), we arrived late at the start. We were at the bicycle control more than fifteen minutes before departure, but as another team arrived later, we had to wait and our checkpoint was not ready in time. We did not know that we had to leave, because no one gave the time. Suddenly, we were not yet on the starting grid, so we have not been validated and there was no countdown. In the end, we left ten seconds late.”
