A French cycling race was thrown into chaos on Friday when several teams quit after cars and trucks appeared on the course, endangering the cyclists.
Belgian cycling team Soudal-Quick Step has withdrawn its development team from the upcoming Tour of Rwanda because of safely fears over the violent conflict in neighboring Congo. Rwanda is due to host cycling’s Road World Championships from Sept. 21-28.
Soudal-QuickStep pull their development team out of the Tour du Rwanda later this month amid the ongoing conflict in neighbouring DR Congo.
Several cycling teams said they were withdrawing from the Étoile de Bessèges stage race on Friday because of cars driving on the course in southern France. “Our team is one of the several that have decided to retire from today’s #EDB25 stage due to several incidents over motor vehicles being allowed onto the race course,” Soudal Quick-Step said on X.
