Also on the morning live blog: “They think they’re on the Tour de France”: Backlash against “sexist” Tour Féminin des Pyrénées organiser who called pro riders “girls” and “spoiled children” over cancellation due to safety fears cycling
So, how did the organiser of the Tour des Pyrénées react to being at the centre of a media frenzy concerning the running of his event?“What is happening is that the girls have requirements that are not in line with their level,” race director Pascal Baudron told La Nouvelle République yesterday morning.
“Quite honestly, I tell myself that it is not worth organising a race to see all those months of effort ruined for the whims of spoiled children.” You'd expect something like yeah it was not good enough but it's hard and we'll do better next year. But this is just taking the piss with road cycling and the sponsors should not be happy. That's saying it nicely.“Female riders being called spoiled for, er, not wanting to be hit by cars?” wrote cycling journalist Matilda Price. “Extremely basic levels of safety shouldn’t be the reserve of the Tour.
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