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New Straits Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Cofidis recovers all 11 stolen bikes at Tour de France
DUNKIRK, (France): Eleven bicycles belonging to Cofidis, stolen overnight before the second stage of the Tour de France, have been recovered, the team's general manager Cedric Vasseur said on Monday following the third stage of the race. "I had Christian Prudhomme (the Tour's director) on the phone during the stage. He was with the prefect to tell us that the bikes had been found in the afternoon", Vasseur told France TV after the conclusion of the third stage. The team had earlier reported that five of the 11 bikes had been recovered. "Some of the staff combed the area and managed to get their hands on five bicycles, which had been thrown away by the criminals in undergrowth near the hotel", the team said in a press release.
The Star
07-07-2025
- Sport
- The Star
Cycling-Cofidis recovers all 11 stolen bikes at Tour de France
DUNKIRK, France (Reuters) -Eleven bicycles belonging to Cofidis, stolen overnight before the second stage of the Tour de France, have been recovered, the team's general manager Cedric Vasseur said on Monday following the third stage of the race. "I had Christian Prudhomme (the Tour's director) on the phone during the stage. He was with the prefect to tell us that the bikes had been found in the afternoon", Vasseur told France TV after the conclusion of the third stage. The team had earlier reported that five of the 11 bikes had been recovered. "Some of the staff combed the area and managed to get their hands on five bicycles, which had been thrown away by the criminals in undergrowth near the hotel", the team said in a press release. (Reporting by Vincent Daheron; Editing by Ken Ferris)
Straits Times
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Cofidis recovers all 11 stolen bikes at Tour de France
DUNKIRK, France - Eleven bicycles belonging to Cofidis, stolen overnight before the second stage of the Tour de France, have been recovered, the team's general manager Cedric Vasseur said on Monday following the third stage of the race. "I had Christian Prudhomme (the Tour's director) on the phone during the stage. He was with the prefect to tell us that the bikes had been found in the afternoon", Vasseur told France TV after the conclusion of the third stage. The team had earlier reported that five of the 11 bikes had been recovered. "Some of the staff combed the area and managed to get their hands on five bicycles, which had been thrown away by the criminals in undergrowth near the hotel", the team said in a press release. REUTERS
France 24
04-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Oldest surviving Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Marinelli dies at 99
On the eve of the start of the 112th Tour de France in Lille, race director Christian Prudhomme on Friday paid tribute to a rider, nicknamed "the parakeet", who was one of the legends of the race. "I can still hear my father talking about the Parakeet. He was the oldest of the Tour de France's yellow jerseys. A part of the Tour de France's history is going with him," Prudhomme told AFP. Aged 23, during the 1949 Tour dominated by cycling greats Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali, Marinelli took the yellow jersey on the fourth stage in Rouen which he wore for six days until the Pyrenees. "I was in good shape, that's all I knew. But I didn't even dream of the yellow jersey," he recalled during an interview with AFP in 2019. All of France was fascinated by the exploits of the diminutive Marinelli, who stood just 1.60 metres (5ft 3in) and weighed 50 kilos, in contrast to the legendary Italian "heron" Coppi, the eventual winner. Marinelli finished third in Paris, behind the two Italian champions, and was greeted by a huge crowd in the capital. "The yellow jersey allowed me to have a tap with running water in my family's house," Marinelli liked to say. His popularity would serve him well throughout the rest of his life, establishing himself as one of the largest retailers in his region, and becoming mayor of his home town. © 2025 AFP
Scotsman
22-06-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Tour de France: Edinburgh councillors told 'take back control' over £1.7m reserves spend on cycling event
Edinburgh council officials have recommended a £1.7 million spend on the Tour de France. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Edinburgh councillors need to 'take back control' from officials, one has claimed, amid a row over calls to spend £1.7 million of council reserves on the Tour de France. In a report published before Thursday's full council meeting, officers had asked councillors to sign off on £1.7m for the Tour de France, saying council political group leaders had agreed to it. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Britain's Mark Cavendish (centre) celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the third Tour de France Singapore Criterium race in Singapore. The Tour de France will start from Edinburgh in 2027. | AFP via Getty Images However, at the full council meeting, several group leaders spoke out to say that they had not approved the spend, and the last they had heard of Tour de France planning was in October. The row has emerged with the Tour de France - the world's biggest cycling race - to start in Edinburgh in 2027. One councillor said the planned spend on the tour was 'unacceptable', while another admitted they did not yet know how the spend would benefit the city. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The decision on approving the £1.7m Tour de France spend – and £2m in other reserve use for related issues – has now been pushed back to a committee meeting on Tuesday. Race Director Christian Prudhomme presents The Duchess of Edinburgh with a yellow jersey at the 2027 Tour de France launch event, at Edinburgh Castle The event will mark the third time Britain has hosted the start of the world-famous race after cyclists set off from Leeds in 2014 - when the West Yorkshire city overcame an earlier bid by Edinburgh - and London in 2007. Conservative group leader, councillor Iain Whyte, said of the allocated spend: 'We were given some information. We were not given all the information. We agreed that officers should keep working on it, but I would have expected that to come to committee.' SNP group leader, Councillor Simita Kumar, said: 'On the 7th of October 2024, group leaders were confidentially informed about discussions with Scottish Government and VisitScotland about the Tour de France leaving from Edinburgh in 2027. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Group leaders were happy for officers to explore this with a decision to rightfully take place in an executive committee. There was no agreement from group leaders to authorise any funding – we simply do not have the power to do so within this forum. 'The governance of this decision has been wholly absent especially when there has been adequate time to bring this decision to committee.' The report for councillors said they intended for the £1.7m spend to be replenished from income from the city's coming visitor levy, which comes into effect in the summer next year. Former Liberal Democrat leader Kevin Lang shared the confusion of the other group leaders. But he also clarified that in October, officers had explained the use of visitor levy money to backfill the £1.7m was intended to be extra income brought in by the event. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The 2027 edition of the Tour will be the first time that both the men's and women's races have started in the same country besides France. SNP councillor Kate Campbell said: 'There is very little explanation really of why we're making those allocations. Group leaders I've spoken to do not have recollection of making a decision on this. 'We've had no reports to councillors, no notes to committee, about the value we're getting from £1.7m for the Tour de France. It's a huge amount of money. We really don't know what the benefit to the city is.' Conservative councillor Phil Doggart said: 'This is unacceptable. We are the council. So let's take back control of the council from the officers. We make decisions.'
