The first Stage Etoile de BességesPrestigiousBike test at the beginning of French seasonwhich was supposed to take place in Bellegarde (southwest of the country), was canceled due to the farmers’ movementat the request of the prefecture, the organizers reported.
The organization of the test was geared towards the Agricultural unions to know your intentions regarding a possible one Race neutralization. “They simply asked us to speak, which we accepted,” explained the event’s president, Claudine Fangille-Allègre. “But the prefecture preferred not to take the risk.”
The 54th edition of the Etoile de Bessèges, in which 19 teams, each with seven riders, take partincluding the Danes Mads Pedersen (Lidl Trek), 2019 world champion, will start on Thursday from Marguerittes, the starting point of the second stage. AFP