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rather worrying article from Roleur
"Even with my patchy French, I could understand the overall message being delivered – if you’re going to drive a vehicle in the race, make sure it’s safe and has all the right documentation, and above all, stay away from the race. If you do have to go near the riders, make sure you do it when there’s nothing interesting happening. Listen to Radio Tour and always obey the Commissaires. Ideally press vehicles should go from stage start to stage finish well ahead of the race convoy.
The respectful hush was beginning to break up. The Commissaire was losing his audience. First there were whispers, then suppressed laughter, then outright challenges. What about all the other drivers on the race – were they being asked to go on a course like this? How can we get near the race to take photos, see the action? Maintaining his authority, but only just, the Commissaire brought our training course to an end forty minutes early, with the classic line: “We now have forty minutes to sign the register to say that you have attended this course.”
If I was a cynical man – and I am – I might speculate that the UCI are trying to get their insurance premium down."
https://rouleur.cc/journal/racing/weekender-driving-school