The essential figures of French cycling are at the heart of a controversy triggered by the former Lance Manager Armstrong.
Johan Brups and ease Ban of cycling When his foal Lance Armstrong fell after ten years of collaboration. Since then, the former Belgian runner who has become successful sports director has been ruminating his life conviction in the press or via podcasts that he produces himself. Often with the same targets.
In his latest episode to date, the interested party attacks the reform wanted by the UCI chaired by French David Lappartient to limit the speed of the platoons, therefore ensure the physical integrity of the runners. “” The president of the UCI is French. And all these ideas come from Christian PrudhommeAccuse Bruyneel. He wants to slow down runners. His close advisor is also French, it’s Marc Madiot. And he thinks the same. It is a Prudhomme, Madiot and Lappartient triangle! “”
The International Cycling Union (UCI) intends to test by the end of the year a limitation of the brackets. “” The maximum development will be 10.46 meters per tower of pedals, the equivalent of the 54 × 11 », Is it specified. And this inevitably requires changes and adjustments to the equipment used. “” What surprises me is that they make these decisions without taking into account industry “, Plague the old manager.
Madiot, Prudhomme and Lappartient in the viewfinder
“” It is true that the descents will be a little slower, but that’s all we will have. We can see that they do not think of practical aspects », Still hammering a Johan Bruyneel who never misses an opportunity to pin the figures of tricolor cycling since his ouster. “” I am suspended for life and I do not see who could come back to this decision. There are at least two people who are the two big obstacles to a possible rehabilitation: Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour, and David Lappartient, the president of the UCI. Both say they don’t want to hear about the name of Armstrong. It is still a little hypocritical. Besides that, they do not hesitate to make selfies with others … But all that is political “Denouncing Lance Armstrong’s great friend three months ago in an interview with Eurosport.
And to particularly target the sports director of Groupama-FDJ, Marc Madiot. “” It is true that some who yell a lot in France, like Marc Madiot for example, were not saints either at the time. You have probably read the attack that I recently brought against him (He would have seen Madiot, at the time young professional runner, plant a syringe in his arm during a race, editor’s note). This is true! When I see that, I tell myself that some who yell today would be to close it … But hey, it’s its business. You can say that he has done well since today he is still there and he has a good team. But I don’t forget anything! “”
