ASO, the organizer of the Critérium du Dauphiné, has tightened the anti-Covid rules. The mask becomes mandatory again for all those who are allowed to approach the runners.
The general public will have to be content to admire the runners from further away. "I understand ASO's position of wanting to preserve the Tour," said Pascal Chanteur, the boss of the UNCP, the riders' union. "But putting the masks back on is just communication," he added.