Tour de France Tour de France 2020 | Stage 10 (Ile d’Oleron / Le Chateau d’Oleron) – Île de Ré / Saint-Martin-de-Ré, 168,5 km

[Lequack]

 

[Wvv]

Expected there would've been a few casualties, so this is brilliant news. Off we go!

 

[ice&fire]

Thanks folks. The office FW blocks most social networks. Can't even see embedded twits

 

[Luthor]

Everyone is cleared, including staff.

 

[SafeBet]

That's great news. And kind of unexpected to be honest.
Let's race!

 

[SKSemtex]

great news.

 

[F_Cance]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303270873437274112

View: https://twitter.com/PatLefevere/status/1303270873437274112


see. He just can't stay quiet.

 

[richwallone]

Not his biggest fan but he is a master troll

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303270873437274112

View: https://twitter.com/PatLefevere/status/1303270873437274112?s=20

 

[Breezy1985]

Maybe the ambulance was at the DQ hotel because they heard that Sam Bennett is feeling green today

 

[richwallone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303270873437274112

View: https://twitter.com/PatLefevere/status/1303270873437274112


see. He just can't stay quiet.

Great minds think alike... Posted at the same time

 

[Red Rick]

Naturally Bahrein needed to wait a long time if only to get the #freelanda train going

 

[Krokro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303270873437274112

View: https://twitter.com/PatLefevere/status/1303270873437274112


see. He just can't stay quiet.

No politics here and I don't want any debate with this parallel. But out of the great respect I have for that man, his communication reminds me of Trump. At this level, don't they have any communication experts/advisor?

 

[Volderke]

It has been officially proven that Covid19 can't touch cycling races.

 

[Luthor]

It has been officially proven that Covid19 can't touch cycling races.

Don't jinx it, next week we have another round.

 

[RedheadDane]

It has been officially proven that Covid19 can't touch cycling races.

Tell that to the people doing UAE Tour...

 

[Eclipse]

Great news but I think this was always the likely outcome - teams are going to be so so safe in their approach to it here. I'm mostly worried about what happens if the number of cases in france continues going up tbh

 

[Volderke]

Tell that to the people doing UAE Tour...

The results show that racing isn't increasing the risk of spreading the virus.

Ofcourse people can still get it and no-one is immune, but there is no reason to cancel cycling races.

 

[Krokro]

You guys are forgetting an important point by drawing those conclusions. The time frame of infection can reach until 2 weeks (sorry don't have the right scientific vocabulary) . Let's talk about this again next Monday, even if I'm pretty relieved by those first results of course.

 

[ice&fire]

No politics here and I don't want any debate with this parallel. But out of the great respect I have for that man, his communication reminds me of Trump. At this level, don't they have any communication experts/advisor?

They would have never got where they are today...

 

[Berflamand]

Lol, Prudhomme tested positive himself

Along with 4 staff members from different teams!

 

[Krokro]

They would have never got where they are today...

Do you think it made an impact on their sportive results?
I don't discard Lefevere skills/charisma and talent here. I'm just saying that they use Twitter like it's their personal space. That's wrong in terms of communicating.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Lol, Prudhomme tested positive himself

Along with 4 staff members from different teams!

This is huge news! Who will wave the flag at the start of the stage?

 

[Berflamand]

This is huge news! Who will wave the flag at the start of the stage?

He is being retested at the moment.

EDIT: Francois Lemarchand will take over (flag) duties. Prudhomme will be absent for 7 days.

 

[roundabout]

Lol, Prudhomme tested positive himself

Along with 4 staff members from different teams!

While it's somewhat funny, it could be bad for the second round if tests (depending who they were in contact with)

Edit: if test results are confirmed, I hope that affected teams would act more prudently instead of waiting for the next rest day tests

 

[Berflamand]

While it's somewhat funny, it could be bad for the second round if tests (depending who they were in contact with)

I don't know if he has been in close contact with the riders or teams (I hope not) but he did apparently have the French Prime Minister in his car just two days ago.

The positive tests for the staff members seems to be bad news indeed because they obviously had to have had close contact with other team members.