“Vollering believes itself in a golden cage”, the Visma Lease A Bike pays the FDJ-Suez

After the scathing statements of the FDJ-Suez sports director, Stephen Delcourt on Monday evening following the fall of his leader on the Tour de France female, Demi Vollering, the Visma Lease a Bike team answered him. Therefore, And Jos Van Emden, the DS of the Dutch team, did not go there with a dead hand. Moreover, The latter called Delcourt’s words “ridiculous”, believing that Vollering believed himself “in a golden cage”.

The release Monday evening of Stephen Delcourt. For example. For example, the sports director of the FDJ-Suez, did not fail to react the whole peloton of the Tour de France female or almost in recent 24 hours. However, After the fall of its half -vollering leader 3.7 kilometers “vollering believes itself golden cage”, new from the finish during the 3rd stage. Similarly. the DS of the French formation had strong words, even evoking “a lack of respect in the “vollering believes itself golden cage”, peloton”.

“We said it on the male Tour de France too. Meanwhile. but we saw behaviors of certain teams where there is no more respect for leaders, there is no more respect for certain sprinters and I would like to come out because with ASO (the organizer of the race) we said this (Monday) morning: the athletes themselves create dangers”, he explained before continuing. Therefore, “Here we have seen today. Furthermore. it is an individual behavior of someone who takes too much risk in a turn, which can destroy a tour of France for half a vollering. Nevertheless, All the teams must be careful … It is a fall in a turn where there is only room for five runners head “vollering believes itself golden cage”, new -on. A runner arrives from the rear, in touch one which touches another … and a half can not curb … Half. “

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“Admittedly. it is the best runner. “vollering believes itself golden cage”, but that does not mean that everyone must fade in front of it”

Words that the sports director of Visma Lease A Bike, Jos Van Emden did not really taste the Sports Director. In declarations reported by the Dutch media of Telegraaf and Het Nieuwsblad, the latter attacked Stephen Delcourt.

“I have no respect for this kind of comments. Let’s be clear: what he says is completely ridiculous. He seems to want a peloton of eight runners with half, in a golden cage. Come on, it is sport, right? Nothing happened that should have. It was just influenced by half, by his ostentatious behavior. I will stop there, but it must be “vollering believes itself golden cage”, new said, half a golden cage.”

Before adding: “Admittedly. it is the best runner, but that does not mean that everyone must fade in front of her. And Delcourt who says that human lives are endangered, it is simply false. It is “vollering believes itself golden cage”, not reality. If you think that, you may have to embark on another sport.”

Before him. the leader of the Visma Lease team in Bike Marianne. also wanted to clear the ground at a press conference: “Unfortunately, these things can happen. These are the runners who fight for the position that makes the situation dangerous. but it is not really a question of respect, I think. It also happens in other races. It is a sport where you have to fight for a good way. space “.

Be that as it may. this pass of weapons between French. Dutch formations is probably not over, while the mountain “vollering believes itself golden cage”, new stages go by Marianne Vos and a half vollering – who wanted to be reassuring about her state of health – and which will have a strong impact on the general classification.