Wearing a sanitary mask will be compulsory for spectators of the Critérium du Dauphiné which sets off from Clermont-Ferrand on Wednesday, we learned Tuesday from the prefectures of the departments crossed. The cycling race, presented as a dress rehearsal for the Tour de France, will successively take the roads of Puy-de-Dôme, Loire, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
Stage 1 # Dauphiné
🚩 @ClermontFd - Saint-Christo-En-Jarez 🏁
📏 218.5 km
🚩: 10:35 am / 10.35 AM
🏁: between 4:07 pm and 4:40 pm / between 4.07 PM and 4.40 PM
📺: 3:15 pm on @francetvsport & @ France3tv pic .twitter.com / 6O0MmYzR6K
Too much carelessness on previous races
The prefect of the Loire, Evence Richard, said he had taken this measure "at the request of ASO, organizer of the Critérium du Dauphiné". "The health situation remains fragile in the Loire, where the spread of the virus is still active", he noted. Only among the five departments concerned, Savoy has not yet taken action in this direction. But "the decree is being studied and signed," said the prefecture.
The Dauphiné, the first race organized by ASO since the end of confinement, has adopted the broad outlines of the system that will be the rule during the next Tour de France (August 29 to September 20) organized by the same company. "It's almost a carbon copy, even if the sizes of the events are different," Pierre-Yves Thouaut, deputy director of the Tour, told AFP. “We are setting up a sanctuary bubble for the race”.
🤩 The # Dauphiné 2020 is tomorrow! For the race to run smoothly, adopt the right behaviors, respect barrier gestures throughout the course.
2⃣m distance
0⃣ autograph
2⃣ barrier gestures: gel and mask all over the course
0⃣ selfie pic.twitter.com/FNCRqtOUry
Almost a true copy of the device adopted by the Tour de France
Access to the team bus parking lots is therefore forbidden to the media and limited only to members of this bubble (runners, management and some officials and members of the organization). Binding measures have also been adopted for the accommodation and catering of the various training courses. For the public, the instructions are reflected in particular by the absence of selfies and autographs, usual in cycling races, and access restrictions at the start and finish of a stage.
The first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné will start on Wednesday morning from Clermont-Ferrand, in Puy-de-Dôme, before reaching the Loire at the Col du Béal, one of the highest points of the Forez mountains. The arrival will be in Saint-Christo-en-Jarez, in the metropolis of Saint-Etienne.
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