The mayor EELV of Lyon Grégory Doucet, here on September 8 in Fourvière.

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Grégory Doucet may be a fervent defender of cycling, he is not really happy to see the Tour de France return to Lyon, Saturday and Sunday, seven years after its last visit.

In an interview given this Thursday to

Progress

, the new mayor EELV of the city indicates that he "would have set conditions from the start" if he had had to validate the passage to Lyon of the Grande Boucle, recorded well before the elections municipal.

Tour de France: Grégory Doucet announces “a barricaded finish” for the Clermont-Lyon stage https://t.co/9zwgO2wJyO via @ 20minutesLyon pic.twitter.com/T8eixyYR9H

- 20 Minutes Lyon (@ 20minuteslyon) September 7, 2020

"The Tour de France machine asks me questions", he explains in the introduction, even though he is aware that it is a "popular festival expected by the Lyonnais and Lyonnaises".

First big criticism against the event according to him: "it continues to convey a macho image of sport".

For Grégory Doucet, "there should be a women's Tour de France for a long time, it is the last major sporting event that has not taken the plunge".

. @ LeTour brings together French people of all origins.

It is the pride of our territories, is our popular heritage, a link between us.

Like millions of French people, I am proud of it.

Let's stop breaking what unites us! Https: //t.co/9z5zwx1yXt

- Xavier Bertrand (@xavierbertrand) September 9, 2020

The elected Lyonnais also points to "the ecological footprint of the Tour", which is according to him "not eco-responsible".

He particularly regrets "vehicles with thermal engines", "the waste generated", "the

goodies

thrown by the caravan", as well as the presence of sponsors such as Ineos and Total.

Lyon fans of the Grande Boucle had better make the most of it this weekend because they are probably not going to see the peloton pass back home again.

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