This is the advantage of the mountain stages when you are one of the riders who do not play for winning or the general classification: you climb the passes at your own pace and you can have a little fun with the spectators on the side of the roads if the opportunity presents itself. Frenchman Alexis Renard had a little fun during the 5th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, in the Marie Blanque pass, by coming to tickle a small group of (almost) naked zinzins. This impromptu “chat-bite”, filmed by one of them, has been making everyone laugh on social networks since its publication.
This Friday morning, at the start of the 7th stage between Mont-de-Marsan and Bordeaux, the colleagues of Parisian found the Cofidis runner to come back to this episode with him. Small moment of freshness. “I saw them on the side of the road acting a little crazy, so for fun, I did a little cat-bite […]. It’s instinctive, there are lots of people, the public is super close to us, it’s super fun, ”explained the interested party, laughing. Before answering the question that everyone asks themselves at the sight of the images: “I didn’t touch it, I want to make it clear. I saw that it was running on Twitter so I specify. »
A bit of relaxation before getting down to business. This Friday, we will have to do the job to put Bryan Coquard in the best conditions at the time of the announced sprint in Bordeaux. “We ticked this step. Bryan has spoken about it several times at the table, he is keen to shine,” announces Renard. This time, stop laughing.