Local Mayor Cancels Permits for Nice by UTMB and Ironman Events

Nice-Matin, area newspaper reports: The new mayor of Nice, France Éric Ciotti takes drastic measures (auto-translated from French):

The new mayor of Nice swept away with the back of his hand three major sporting events installed in Nice and pampered by Christian Estrosi, his predecessor.

I don’t know much about French politics, but reading the Wikipedia page on Ciotti it sounds like he’s a far right politician, and stands for everything you come to expect from people like him.

Catherine Poletti: “We are in shock”

This is not the final decision yet. There will be appeals, and probably money will be exchanged to smooth things over, as one can expect. But also, wow. Nice Côte d’Azur by UTMB is in its fifth edition and one of the largest UTMB events in their World Series.