According to Le Canard Enchaîné, the mayor of Paris crossed France in Falcon last Friday to the Savoie on the occasion of a stage of the Tour de France.

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The mayor of Paris would have done well this controversy unless one of the municipal elections. Invited Friday, July 26, to attend the 19th stage of the Tour de France between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Tignes, the mayor of Paris went on site in Falcon, revealed Wednesday, July 31 Le Canard chained.

While the stage had been cut short because of hail, the return trip between Le Bourget and Chambéry was done in the same day.

Le Canard's chained pennies to Anne Hidalgo who made a round trip Le Bourget-Chambéry in the same day in Falcon to attend a stage of the Tour de France pic.twitter.com/IaltPM6piZ

- Guillaume Stoll (@GuillaumeStoll) July 30, 2019

"The plane was traveling empty"

The first critics were quick to arrive. Planète Verte, a think tank created by Antonio Duarte, supported by Benajamin Griveaux, for example comments on Twitter: "Spend the annual carbon footprint of Greta Thunberg in 24 hours, Anne Hidalgo did it".

Spend the annual Carbon Assessment of @GretaThunberg in 24h?
✅ @Anne_Hidalgo did it in 24h with a Return Airplane ✈️: Private Jet Dassault Falcon for two people with @jfmartins! UrgenceClimatique # # # Parispic.twitter.com Climate / 7e8yLTt7yu

- Green Planet (@PlaneteVerte) July 31, 2019

Interviewed by France 3, the mayor's office replied that the Falcon regularly makes round trips to carry anti-doping vials for cyclists: "The plane was traveling empty, it's not a specially chartered flight. The organizers of the Tour de France are taking advantage just to invite personalities. "

"Samples are delivered every day by car"

According to CheckNews, the Falcon used by Anne Hidalgo did not carry anti-doping tests. Damien Ressiot, director of the control department of the French Anti-Doping Agency, assures the media that "samples are taken every day by car".

After this latest information, the entourage of Anne Hidalgo ensures the Figaro have been informed by the company organizing the Tour de France, Amaury Sport (ASO), that the aircraft contained the vials. "Whether Anne Hidalgo went up or not, the plane would have gone back and forth, there was an invitation, there were about 20. The city did not pay a cent, it was not chartered by us ", it was said daily.