No that's not what I said. Given specific extreme circumstances it's reasonable to have a say on raceday itself but again - I'm repeating myself here - so many examples in recent years weren't unforseeable extreme events but instead things that could have easily been adressed beforehand. That's what I'm refering to in regards to bad and unclear communications.@Unterlenkerfahrend
Then you basically are claiming cyclists shouldn't have a say on the race day?
Anyway above i said:
Actually it is different in this regard. ASO or UCI do get to say if the picnic will move indoor or not or the balloon will take off in the bad weather or not. They get to say but are not responsible for the outcome. Responsibility is still on the riders alone. And when riders voiced their concerns and suggested reasonable safety measures on stage 3. That was simply denied and the responsibility didn't shift whatsoever. This obviously needs work.
Adress the UCI, ASO and the press beforehand with a representative united voice - and if things develop in a foresable way than you have even more leverage on raceday itself to boycot or do other things.
But do nothing for weeks and then suddenly on raceday realize that, hey, sometimes in May there can be cold weather in the Alps (hello Giro), or hey, some roads in France are really twisted, who would've thought? Well, that just doesn't give you a solid standing against someone trying to organize things.
Like I said, UCI and ASO can be vultures but from an organizational perspective it's understandable why they're being ignorant when all we get is incohesive vague demands on raceday itself.