“Irresponsible” for race organisers to utilise that road
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Time trial world champion Tony Martin wins another race against the clock with his victory in stage 4 at the Critérium du Dauphiné(Image credit: Sirotti)
On Alpe d'Huez near corner 14.(Image credit: Mark Sharon and friends)
Time trial word champion Tony Martin has sharply criticised the descent from the Alpe d'Huez as very dangerous. Sending the riders over that stretch is “irresponsible", the Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider said.
“We rode exactly the course of the Tour,” he said on his personal website. “I must say that i was negatively surprised.
“The road is old, narrow, the surface bad, no barriers, if a rider makes a mistake he will face a free fall of 30 meters. To send us there is irresponsible. And I cannot imagine that anything about the road will change before the Tour.”
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