> "But it ignores the fact that we arrived there during the Games with a peloton of 50 riders and now with an entire Tour peloton, where many classification riders still have something to defend."

> "I expect chaos if they take the same narrow streets towards the climb (the approach is not exactly the same as during the Games, ed.). Then I think it's a shame that we're going to look for that."

> "I understand that the organization thought: that looks cool, we should try to use that."

> "But in recent years, safety has become more and more of an issue and this choice for Montmartre ignores that."

I wonder what changed his mind today