He was, however, alongside Christian Prudhomme, during the very firm speech of the director of the Tour de France to respond to attacks from environmentalists.
But Eric Piolle obviously does not hold it against him since Tuesday this morning, Guest of Jean-Jacques Bourdin on RMC Sport and BFMTV, the environmentalist mayor of Grenoble was more measured than some members of his party, EELV, by evoking the Grande Boucle that it hosted this year at the start of the 17th stage towards the Col de la Loze.
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Eric Piolle took the opposite view of other elected green officials by proclaiming his love for the Tour de France.
Closer to Yannick Jadot, MEP EELV, who replied, Monday on France Info, to the attacks of the ecological mayor of Lyon, deeming the Tour "macho" and "polluting", then to Jacques Boutault, elected EELV of Paris who had spat on the Grande Boucle, a show of "hyperdoped types" intended for the unemployed "who remain in their sofa".
Without forgetting the refusal of the town hall of Rennes, pushed by environmentalists, to host the Grand Départ of the 2021 edition,
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I can't stand this way of insulting the popular classes
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Yannick Jadot
“I who adore the Tour de France, I was there when I was a kid, I went there, I took my children and I watch him regularly on my sofa, a little slumped, Yannick Jadot had launched.
It is not by insulting (the French) that we bring them together, it is not by despising them that we mobilize them.
I cannot stand this way of insulting the French, of insulting the popular classes.
There is a class contempt there which is absolutely unbearable, ”the probable candidate for the presidential election was carried away.
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A position shared by Eric Piolle.
“I love the Tour de France, like Yannick Jadot, proclaimed the mayor of Grenoble.
The Tour de France evolves from Eugène Christophe, the first yellow jersey which was given in Grenoble in 1919, to Louison Bobet in the 50s until the fight against doping in the years 1990-2000 and which continues.
The Tour de France is extraordinary for sports enthusiasts like me who watch cycling.
The Tour de Fignon in 1983, the fall of Simon, LeMond, the return of Hinault, Indurain ... There is this sporting passion for some, there is the image of France, its landscapes, the image effort, for others. "
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There is the issue of waste and greenhouse gas emissions
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Eric Piolle
Praise.
But also some complaints, Eric Piolle wishing changes in the future.
“Afterwards, there is a necessary evolution in the place of women, women-objects.
The Tour has already evolved on this this year.
The Women's Tour can have an audience like women's football or women's rugby.
There is obviously the question of waste.
In the mountain stages, when the Tour passes, we know that we have to manage waste.
There is an effort made on the caravan. ”
The environmentalist mayor also mentioned the pollution of cars.
“We must also do around to see how we emit less greenhouse gases, including the public, and how we manage waste better.
Christian Prudhomme is aware of this.
I have been interacting with him since 2014. The Tour has shown that he has the capacity to evolve, he will continue and will adapt, I have no doubt about it. ”
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