THE SCAN SPORT – Canadian runner Michael Woods, a veteran of the peloton (38 years old), said his misadventure intervened during the 10th stage of the big loop.
This is called the vagaries of the race. And the human body. Monday, July 14 on the roads of the Tour de France, the Canadian Michael Woods experienced a mishap during the 10th stage connecting Ennezat and the Mont-Dore. In the breakaway of the day, the veteran (38 years old) of the Israel-Premier Tech team was able to continue, at one point, to follow the head group led by the Irishman Ben Healy, future yellow jersey this day. And for good reason, he was handicapped by “A ball in a stomachAnd the very pressing desire to satisfy a natural need.
«Having poop on the side of the road, at the Tour de France, is simply impossible. There are too many people. Even stop to pee is already quite difficult“Says Woods in a post written on his blog. “”So, when I was starting to ask myself: ‘I’m going to get poops on it?’, I had a great revelation: ‘Camscars have toilets!’ And the turn has more than the Burning Man. In a few seconds, I passed a motorhome and I shouted: ‘toilets, toilets, toilets!»
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“Great shame”
In an emergency, the winner at the top of the Puy de Dôme in 2023 therefore jumped in a tourist motorhome by the road. “”To the poor man, very kind and stunned, who opened the door to his motorhome, I want to thank you first, but also to apologize for the state in which I left your bathroom ”, he wrote. Before explaining that his rich diet respected during the test could be the cause of the incident: “Let’s just say that 120 g of carbohydrates per hour for four consecutive hours do not give good results.»
His natural need satisfied, the Canadian admits having left the motorhome with a “great shame», «Under the confused gaze of a crowd of fans.Problem, he no longer knew where he was. In front or behind the peloton? Far from the breakaway?
“I stayed in the motorhome longer than I want to admit it”
«I got back on my bike and I realized that I had no idea of my place in the race compared to the rest of the peloton. I stayed in the motorhome longer than I want to admit it, and when a group of runners caught up with me, I told Julian Alaphilippe: ‘I don’t know if I am still in front or behind the peloton’. I explained why, we both laughed, then we talked about the ease of the front races.»A tasty anecdote that Michael Woods, and the owner of the famous motorhome, are not likely to forget …
