First relocated from Amiens city center to Glisy in 2023, the Jean Renaux Cycling Prize is completely canceled in 2024. Promotion Sport Picardie, the organizer has just received the devastating letter from the metropolis. The community explains that budgetary resources are concentrated on another sporting event: the passage of the Olympic flameon July 4, in the Picardy capital.
And for Promotion Sport Picardie, organizer of the Prix Jean Renaux for 37 years, the penalty is double since there will be no criterium in 2025 either. This time it’s because of the Tour de Francewhich will stop in Amiens next year, at the beginning of July. “It’s a disappointment because the event is well established and we are struggling to organize it”regret Hubert Louvet, president of Promotion Sport Picardie.
What future for racing beyond 2025?
However, he says “understand the decision of the community which faces constraints.” Hubert Louvet only hopes that theInternational Cycling Union (UCI) will not impose a fine for removing a race already included in the calendar. And he also hopes that Jean Renaux, named after a former Picardy journalist, will return in 2026. “Above all, we, the management team, should be able to pass the baton to younger people.” The message is launched.
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