[1/2] Cycling - Tour de France - Presentation of the teams in front of the Guggenheim Museum - Bilbao, Spain - June 29, 2023 UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar during the presentation REUTERS/Benoit TessierBILBAO, Spain, June 30 (Reuters) - Tour de France organisers are ready to adjust to any situation amid the riots that have erupted in the country following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police, race director Christian Prudhomme said on Friday.
"We are in constant liaison with the State services and we are following the situation and how it has been evolving," Prudhomme told reporters.
"Depending on what happens we will adapt if needed," said Prudhomme.
The Tour starts on Saturday from Bilbao and will enter France on Monday with a finish in Bayonne and a start from Dax for the fourth stage on Tuesday.
Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Benoit Tessier BILBAO, Christian Prudhomme, Prudhomme, Dax, Julien Pretot, Christian Radnedge
Organizations:
de France, Guggenheim Museum, UAE Team Emirates, State, France, Thomson
Locations:
Bilbao, Spain, Bayonne