Former French sports minister and double Olympic Judo champion David Douillet has described the prospect of the Tour de France going ahead this summer as "madness" and a "crime against humanity". Douillet, who won Olympic gold at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, was French sports minister under former President Nicolas Sarkozy from 2011 to 2012. "I know that there are financial stakes but there are too many risks," the 51-year-old said in an interview with France TV. Douillet compared the Tour's plans to the recent municipal elections in France, held shortly before lockdown came into effect. "There's only one thing that I want, and that's that the Tour de France takes place this summer," Prudhomme said.

Source: The Local April 02, 2020 15:33 UTC