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The mercury will rise again very high on the route of the Tour de France and on the peloton which begins the crossing of the Pyrenees on Tuesday.
On Monday, Marc Madiot asked the race organization to think about protecting the peloton by introducing anti-heat measures.
The Groupama team manager mentioned in particular the setting up of watering points on the road.
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Marc Madiot's proposal to water down the peloton has already been sent to us and we carried out a first test.
It was not very conclusive with watering five meters over the 180 km but the idea is good in principle.
The teams have nevertheless organized themselves a lot over the past few years.
We accompanied them by letting them make supplies wherever they wanted.
The runners water themselves a lot, use ice
, ”explains to
Le Figaro
the technical director of the race, Thierry Govenou.
We understand that we cannot chain several days in a row under these conditions.
Thierry Gouvenou, technical director of the Tour de France
Amaury Sport Organization takes the subject of the heat wave very seriously…
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