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'If the organisers want to make Pogačar win, that’s their choice' – Motorbikes under fire again at Tour de Romandie as Paret-Peintre and Rodríguez complain for different reasons

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The conduct of race motorbikes has once again been called into question at the Tour de Romandie , with two riders expressing grievances on the same day, for different reasons. The issue of drafting has long been a controversial one when it comes to the motorbikes that make up the race convoy, most notably the television motos, which often sit in front of the peloton and the breakaway to capture footage. Article continues below That's how Valentin Paret-Peintre felt after stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie, where he'd been in the day-long breakaway that was caught on the final climb, just as Tadej Pogačar was striking out for victory. "It’s disappointing but there you go…. I’ll have to look at the footage, I hope the motos were not too close [in the peloton] behind, because that was the case the two previous days," Paret-Peintre told the CyclingProNet cameras. "Well, if the organisation wants to make Pogačar win, that’s their choice," he added. "We’ve said it several times before.…

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