'It Just Feels Airless' – What Do the Tour De France Riders Make of the Record-Breaking Heat?
Officials may neutralize or cancel stages as temperatures climb to 41 C, and the hottest day on record since 2007 tested rider safety.
- On Tuesday, Tour de France riders faced scorching conditions during the fourth stage, with data from EF Education-EasyPost rider Alex Baudin's GPS recording temperatures soaring to 45°C near Carcassonne.
- Extreme heat remains a frequent adversary for the Tour in July, though French rider Hugo Page warns that global warming makes conditions increasingly dangerous as temperatures rise above 40°C.
- Teams employ cooling protocols including ice vests, ice slush, and cold bottles to manage body temperatures, with the peloton consuming about 10,000 bidons during the hottest stages.
- Riders union CPA vice president Pascal Chanteur urged organizers to start stages earlier, citing dizziness and headaches reported during last month's French championships.
- Race director Christian Prudhomme expressed confidence in the event's ability to handle extreme weather, stating, "We are ready to adapt anywhere, anytime, all the time.
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From the team car, "in the first 30 kilometers, we handed out more than 200 water bottles": the figure provided by Matxin Fernandez, the UAE Team Emirates and Tadej Pogacar's sports director, is staggering and gives a sense of the scorching conditions throughout the more than 180 kilometers covered. "It's true that these are extreme conditions; we've been taking a beating for several days now," summarized Frenchman Ewen Costiou, who attacked ea…
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