Over the weekend the women's
Tour des Pyrenees hit the headlines despite taking place simultaneously to several of the big races in the calendar. However that was not for good reasons, the race was cancelled due to the lack of safety conditions, but the race organizer has once again criticized the riders for the situation.
The three-day race saw mayhem from it's very start to finish. In southern France a quality field was put together including a few WWT teams, but on that day the problems became apparent.
The finale was packed with vehicles and pedestrians who seemed to be warned only seconds before the riders passed by - or not at all, leading to a shocking situation where the race was constantly being threatened in it's literal finale. Stage 2 was neutralized all the way into it's summit finish in Hautacam, but a crash still took place indirectly because of road traffic.
