The happy chosen one, it’s in Brest : the sub-prefecture of Finistère will host the grand départ of the Tour de France in 2021, instead of Copenhagen, which has thrown in the towel. The start of the Great Loop could be done in Rennes… if the elected environmentalists did not stop four-irons, highlighting the costs and waste generated by the cycle race. Of about which to react, Bernard Hinault, five times winner of the Tour de France and who was at the press conference on Monday, reports Ouest-France, which was formalized the choice brestois.
Valerie Faucheux, co-chair of the group of elected environmentalists Reindeer ” is about past event. Perhaps it is she who is of the past. She is an ecologist, right ? It would have to look at what she puts at his feet. It pollutes may be more to the earth than any person on a bike “, has swept away the old rider.
“Before opening his mouth”
He adds : “It makes me a little angry because we can not say that cycling is something of a backlog. It would be better to think before opening his mouth “. Bernard Hinault has also appreciated the responsiveness of the Britain to take up the torch of the Danish capital, that will host the departure of the 2022 Tour de France. “Brittany said yes immediately. As soon as we get the opportunity to show, promote themselves, one does not hesitate ! There needed to be people of the reagents, which are able to release budgets at the last moment, so hats off ! “, he stated.