@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
Post #3739114
2026-07-11 12:07 UTC
Tour de France:
"There is only so far the human body can be made to adapt. Global heating is bound to force the race organisers into some profound rethinking at some point, ironically enough for a sport where so many teams are backed by oil companies and petro-dollar regimes."
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/11/salted-codfish-cabbage-climate-crisis-tour-de-france-future
Replies (2)
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@NMBA@mstdn.ca 2026-07-11 12:12
@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social Might have to race at night.
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social 2026-07-12 11:41
"Tour de France organisers, for the first time in the race's history, have decided to shorten a stage due to intense heat. Meteo France, the country's weather authority, had declared a red alert "due to an exceptionally intense heatwave" in Corrèze." https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260711-merlier-wins-eighth-stage-of-the-tour-de-france-in-bunch-sprint