• CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    With participants who likely flew themselves their bikes in from all around the world for a pointless competition. I wouldn’t compare an international bike race to a person who rides their bike to work to help the environment.

    • Aux@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Sporting events are the best way to reach hundreds of millions of people to deliver the message. Athlete flights are a tiny price to pay for it. And protesters literally fucked it up. Because they are dumbfuck attention whores and nothing else.

      • Aurix@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Tour de France sends the message performance is everything, and if you don’t perform, destroy your body with drugs. It is inherently toxic.