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Bikes are thought of as a green mode of transportation, but a bike race and all the vehicles around it can almost at first glance seem like the antithesis of sustainability.
The cycling community is starting to take its environmental impacts and carbon footprint seriously.
From the Tour de France to the UCI, professional cycling is trying to lighten its collective burden. Whether it’s limiting where riders can discard trash or toss plastic bottles along the stage route, it’s a start.
No race, however, is rolling up its collective sleeves like the Skoda Tour Luxembourg.
Organizers are determined to reduce the event’s emissions, and this summer it became one of the first major sporting events in the world to conduct a comprehensive study of its total carbon footprint.
Also read :Before it can reduce emissions and environmental impacts, the race first needed to better understand exactly what the carbon footprint truly is during the five-day race.Race director and former pro Andy Schleck linked up with nZero, a company that tracked overall environmental impacts before, during, and after the race.“There can be no progress without first measuring the level at which you’re currently operating, and that’s the step we took with the race this year,” Schleck said.“While we had certain rules and avoided emissions initiatives in place, such as cyclists getting fined for discarding used water bottles […]
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