Bert
05/21/2026 (Thu) 10:57
No.87575
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05/21/2026 (Thu) 10:57
No.87575
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Runners at fast food at lunchtime
>The competition was long and tough: there were ten stages, the majority of the teams were professional and some really good riders were present. Greg LeMond, winner of the Tour de France in 1986, resumed just after a hunting accident. The French team was still an amateur but was invited because Richard Vivien, amateur road world champion in 1987 in Villach, Austria, was in its ranks. It had seven runners and was, among other things, built around Vivien, but there was also Nicolas Dubois, French champion in 1989, Jean-François Laffillé, a sprinter, Jean-Jacques Henry... They were among the best amateur runners of the time. I normally took care of cyclo-cross at the French Cycling Federation but I sometimes replaced Yves (Hézard,coach responsible for amateurs) in certain races, including this famous Tour.
>It was a real opportunity for us. Already, we were not often invited to a professional race. Then the events in the United States had nothing to do with what we knew. The stages of Trump's Tour were mainly contested in large cities. There were therefore often long distances to be covered at the time of transfers. The start was given from New York, in front of Trump Tower. The road traffic was crazy, it wasn't easy to get there. The departure even had to be postponed by at least a quarter of an hour - twenty minutes. Nothing was signposted or indicated, and we didn't have a GPS yet. A real adventure.
>In terms of organization, it was truly American style. At lunchtime, there was nothing planned for the runners due to travel. It was not uncommon to see some go and eat a few fries in a fast food restaurant before departure. We organized ourselves to offer the runners suitable supplies.
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>The competition was long and tough: there were ten stages, the majority of the teams were professional and some really good riders were present. Greg LeMond, winner of the Tour de France in 1986, resumed just after a hunting accident. The French team was still an amateur but was invited because Richard Vivien, amateur road world champion in 1987 in Villach, Austria, was in its ranks. It had seven runners and was, among other things, built around Vivien, but there was also Nicolas Dubois, French champion in 1989, Jean-François Laffillé, a sprinter, Jean-Jacques Henry... They were among the best amateur runners of the time. I normally took care of cyclo-cross at the French Cycling Federation but I sometimes replaced Yves (Hézard,coach responsible for amateurs) in certain races, including this famous Tour.
>It was a real opportunity for us. Already, we were not often invited to a professional race. Then the events in the United States had nothing to do with what we knew. The stages of Trump's Tour were mainly contested in large cities. There were therefore often long distances to be covered at the time of transfers. The start was given from New York, in front of Trump Tower. The road traffic was crazy, it wasn't easy to get there. The departure even had to be postponed by at least a quarter of an hour - twenty minutes. Nothing was signposted or indicated, and we didn't have a GPS yet. A real adventure.
>In terms of organization, it was truly American style. At lunchtime, there was nothing planned for the runners due to travel. It was not uncommon to see some go and eat a few fries in a fast food restaurant before departure. We organized ourselves to offer the runners suitable supplies.
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