“I’ve really enjoyed watching the Tour Femmes, but in what universe is a motorbike allowed to push a rider out of the way?” the former Lotto-Soudal rider asked.
Current Lotto-Dstny rider Thomas De Gendt, meanwhile, noted that yesterday’s incident could be solved by installing a “no pass zone” on narrow or dangerous sections of the course. The continued criticism of the increasingly alarming role motor vehicles are playing at the Tour de France comes after two incidents in the mountains during the men’s race sparked controversy and led to three motorbike riders facing brief suspensions., preventing Tadej Pogačar from picking up vital bonus seconds at the top of the HC-rated climb – which, at the time anyway, appeared potentially crucial in deciding the outcome of this year’s race.
> “This is like Ventoux all over again”: Thomas Voeckler excluded from Tour de France stage after motorbike chaos on Col de la Loze holds up Jonas Vingegaard The ensuing chaos saw a number of riders who were trailing the leading duo of Felix Gall and Simon Yates, such as Pello Bilbao, David Gaudu, and Chris Harper, squeeze between the stalled motorbike, the race’s other traffic, and the swarming fans at the roadside.
“Yesterday I purchased a later distance sensor,” the Australian tweeted. “I will start to develop a sensor that could be attached to motorbikes in races to govern the distance from them to the riders.