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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Cattle Culling at Le Tour de France
Date: 25 Jul 2025 18:06:52 GMT
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Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
> Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> writes:
> 
>> zen cycle <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> "Tour de France organisers have edited what was set to be an enthralling 
>>> day in the Alps to avoid cow culling taking place near the stage 19 route.
>>> 
>>> The discovery of a contagious disease amongst cattle has meant the route 
>>> will be shortened from 129.9km to just 95km with two climbs – the 11.3km 
>>> Cote d’Hery-sur-Ugine and the 13.7km Col des Saisies – removed.
>>> 
>>> An outbreak of nodular dermatitis meant the affected herd has needed to 
>>> be culled and race organisers have taken the decision to divert the 
>>> route in light of “distress” amongst those farmers concerned."
>>> 
>>> https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/stage-19-route-map-today-tour-de-france-2025-cows-b2795826.html
>>> 
>> 
>> Ah I shall watch later today probably the catch-up though depending on how
>> much shorter might watch the entire show.
>> 
>> My brain finds watching sports more exhausting than doing said sports!
> 
> Can't be half as exhausting as having to kill all your cows.
> 

I suspect it’s more expensive and worrying depending on the level of
government support, in my experience hill farming isn’t a particularly
lucrative, nor has it ever been so.

Roger Merriman