The party canceled to avoid heatstroke.
This is the cautious decision taken by the prefecture of Tarn, one of the twelve departments placed on heat wave red vigilance this Friday.
The measures taken will, in fact, have concrete consequences on the holding of numerous sporting events this weekend.
The Route d'Occitanie, a professional cycling event in stages taking place from June 16 to 19, will thus see its second stage amputated.
The Tarn prefecture has banned the race from taking place in its department.
Initially planned in Graulhet, the start of this stage will finally be in Belmont-sur-Rance, in Aveyron.
For a race reduced to… 36 km only, until the finish in Roquefort-en-Aveyron.
The first stage was won in the sprint by Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), Thursday at L'Isle-Jourdain (Gers).
⚠️ Statement about Stage 2 ⤵️#RDO2022 pic.twitter.com/VZsMBDhrGF
- The Route of Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi (@RouteOccitanie) June 16, 2022
Another disruption for Tarn sports fans: the big Top 14 semi-final between Castres Olympique and Stade Toulousain, which is being played in Nice this Friday evening at 9:05 p.m., will ultimately not be broadcast on a giant screen in the basement. - Tarn prefecture.
The fan-zone intended to welcome the public, place Soult in Castres, has been canceled by the prefecture, announced the CO, specifying that it regrets this decision for its supporters who wanted to vibrate together in front of this derby.
The CO has been informed by the Prefecture of the cancellation of the fan zone intended to welcome the public tomorrow Place Soult.
The club takes note of this decision taken in connection with the heat wave red alert and regrets for its supporters that this event cannot be held.
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– Castres Olympique (@CastresRugby) June 16, 2022
With the heat wave continuing this Saturday, it is not impossible that other sporting events will be disrupted in the south-west quarter of France.