That Tour de France fans can rest assured: "The public will have access" to the race, reaffirmed its director Christian Prudhomme on Tuesday, before the big start scheduled for Saturday in Nice. But with an exceptional edition, already postponed because of the Covid-19, an exceptional device.
"There will be areas with screening at departure and arrival with the gauge which is today that of the government [that is to say 5,000 people] but which will be that given by the authorities as and when, depending on the pandemic, ”said the boss of the Great Loop.
"A sort of bubble around the runners"
At the end of June, Christian Prudhomme already explained to 20 Minutes "working with the authorities to have a kind of bubble around the runners". This will also be the case in the mountains, he said on Tuesday: "Filtering will also exist in about twenty climbs and passes without there being a formal number [of spectators] being given".
On 60 points along the route, two tons of hydroalcoholic gel will be reserved for the public who will have to wear a mask "at the start and at the finish of the stages in the areas managed directly by ASO", the organizer, also specified Christian Prudhomme. The 2020 Tour de France, which will therefore start on Saturday in Nice, is 3,484 km long spread over 21 stages.
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