After Mader’s death, the Tour extreme security and will put mattresses at some points
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He Tour of France will maximize the security elements to protect the peloton, recently affected by the death of the Swiss gino wood last day 16 during the Lap to switzerland and, as a great novelty, it will install mattresses in some dangerous descents to reduce risks.
This is how they detailed the pattern of the Tour, Christian prudhommeand the one of the Union Cyclist International (ICU), David lappartientwho are in charge of a new security entity together with representatives of teams and runners.
It’s about the program saferwhich aims to introduce new elements to avoid accidents such as the one that cost Mader his lifea 26-year-old runner who will be honored.
“We are seeing more and more accidents and dangers. We have been working on this for months, even years. There are more and more obstacles for cyclists who are going faster and faster,” he said. lappartient.
prudhomme He assured that safety depends on three factors, “the route, the behavior of the runners and the material, which makes the speed increase more and more.”
Knowing that zero risk does not exist, the pattern of Tour appealed to affect all three to avoid as many serious accidents as possible.
“Cycling is a magnificent but cruel sport,” said the director of the Tourwho citing a study of the University of Ganzassured that 60% of the falls take place in the last 40 kilometers of the stages and 40% in the last 20.
Among the improvements of the route, he pointed out the placement of mattresses in certain places of the descent of the Col de la Loze in stage 17 to avoid that if the cyclists fall they go into ravines or crash against certain rocks.
He also mentioned improvements to the descent road of the Col de la Jouox Planeat stage 14.
prudhomme also indicated that the Tour will pay homage to the Swiss who died two weeks ago, who at the presentation on Thursday a minute of silence was dedicated.
“You can’t die at 26. wood dreamed of running Tour and it should be here. We wanted to remind him and we proposed to the family that his team does not have number 61, “said the skipper of the race. For this reason, the Spaniard Mikel landaleader of the bahrainwill wear the 62.
Source: Eitb
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