The position of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) against carbon monoxide, expressed recently in The worldcontinue to react. During an interview with Eurosport, Marc Madiotgeneral team manager Groupama-FDJpraised this declaration of the Danish runner. According to him, this initiative could mark a decisive turning point in Cycling. Madiot was confident as to the upcoming ban on the use of carbon monoxide in this sport, a measure which it attributes to the engagement of theUCI and its president, David Lappartient : “CIt is rare that a great runner of his level takes the floor and position especially in this area. And the fact that he expressed himself, I find it good. Whether he used it or not, it is not concern. What matters is that people no longer use it or do not use it. I appreciated his speaking. “
Video – Marc Madiot, at the microphone of Cyclism'Actu, at the start of the year
“Lappartient will put it in the regulations to prohibit it”
“It is very good, I would like to congratulate him because it is rare that a big runner of his level takes and position especially in this areasaid Madiot. And the fact that he expressed himself, I find it good. Whether he used it or not, it is not concern. What matters is that people no longer use it or do not use it. I appreciated his speaking.“
“It must be prohibited, I have said it for several months …”
“It must be prohibited, I say it for several months. I sent a message to David Lappartient who had read it in the general meeting of the Worldtour. Let's be intelligent: if we all say together, we stop it This thing is all, point “he continues. “ Lappartient will put it in the regulations to prohibit it. He will put it in the regulations: it is forbidden to use it. There is a general meeting of the UCI in Liévin, we will talk about it. I am sorry but we do not breathe gas to cycling runners, it is a nonsense. No and no, that's it. Imagine that we let this kind of thing do. The public sees guys on TV and in the evening they know they will breathe carbon monoxide, it's a lethal gas! What message do we send? This is why I tell you that it is Vingegaard what he did. I prefer the speech of Vingegaard in the silence of others. “
