“My life is worth more than trying to finish 50th” TotalEnergies rider Pierre Latour says he feels “completely paralysed” and “scared to death” on Tour de France descents – and claims disc brakes have made descending more dangerous cycling
As the Tour de France heads into the Alps, and up the fearsome slopes of the Col de Joux Plane, for a potentially decisive day in the battle for the yellow jersey, one rider in particular won’t be looking forward to the fast, technical, and notorious descent to today’s finish in Morzine., French star Pierre Latour admitted that being “scared to death going downhill is my life” – and that the now-ubiquitous use of disc brakes in the pro peloton has made descending in races even more dangerous.
“There was of course a big crash during the Tour of Oman in 2019 which cost me two fractures, of the radius and the scaphoid in my left hand. But there were others,” he says. “And above all, sometimes on a descent, if there is a bit of rain, my wheel moves. And there, it’s as if everything is extinguished.
“It must be understood that I then have the impression of having forearms that weigh fifty kilos each. I am completely paralysed.”The former Vuelta a España stage winner also revealed that he has tried sophrology, psychoanalysis, mental preparation, and hypnosis in a bid to cure his descending yips, but to no avail.
“I decided after the Tour that I’m going to try a new thing: to go on a motorcycle circuit to see if I can take the lines well and get used to the speed in the curves.”
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