Idan ka shafe kusan shekaru 40 kana rubutu game da Tour de France, abubuwa iri ɗaya suna komowa, koyaushe suna canzawa. Hawaye da farin ciki na manyan masu keken Faransa sun kasance labari mai ci gaba tun daga ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1990, lokacin da marigayi Laurent Fignon ya sa ƙafarsa ƙasa a yankin ciyawa tsakanin Avranches da Rouen. Ya kasance sanyi, damshi, da jika—wanda, idan aka yi la'akari da damuwar zafin rana da ke damun Faransa a yanzu, yana jin kamar wani yanki na tarihi.
Fignon ya fara a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka fi so, amma wannan rana ta nuna farkon ƙarshen "Farfesa." Neman magajin Bernard Hinault wanda ya ci sau biyar ya fara a 1986, shekarar da Badger ya yi ritaya, lokacin da magajin da aka yi tsammani na ɗan lokaci shine Jean-François Bernard. A shekarar 1990, shakku suna ƙaruwa, kuma sun ƙara tsananta da kowace shekara da kowane ɗan takara mai yuwuwa da ya fito, ya fuskanci haske, kuma a ƙarshe ya rushe: Richard Virenque, Luc Leblanc, Laurent Jalabert, Romain Bardet, Warren Barguil, Thibaut Pinot.
A shekarar 2014, rikicin ya yi muni sosai har Hukumar Keken Faransa ta yi ƙoƙarin ƙaddamar da ƙungiyar ta kwararru, bisa tsarin Team Sky na Burtaniya, da fatan zai tattara ƙoƙari kuma ya gano sabon zakara. Wannan ya yi watsi da taken gwanin keken Faransa Cyrille Guimard, wanda ya rene Hinault, Fignon, da Greg LeMond, kuma ya nace cewa masu cin Tour "ana haife su, ba a yi su ba." Hinault ya yarda lokacin da muka haɗu a 1993. "Manyan zakara ba su da yawa—ba ka samun da yawa, watakila 10 a karni. Ba za ka iya gina su kawai ba." Aikin bai kai ko'ina ba, amma croissants a lokacin ƙaddamarwa sun yi kyau sosai.
A cikin shekaru 40 tun bayan ritayar Hinault, Tour ɗin da Ba'faranshe ya yi tsere kamar mai yuwuwar nasara shine 2019, lokacin da Pinot ya kasance cikin kyakkyawan yanayin hawan dutse. Babu wanda ya sani ko zai doke gasa a kwanakin ƙarshe, saboda ya fita da raunin tsokar cinya yayin da yake matsayi na biyar. Amma wannan lokacin ya taƙaita shekarun bayan Hinault da kyau: babban bege, babban wasan kwaikwayo, da kwararar hawaye.
A wannan shekara, labarin jarumai masu biye da baya ya canza ba zato ba tsammani, kuma masu son keken za su iya yin gardama game da ainihin lokacin. Shin ranar 7 ga Maris ne a Strade Bianche classic, lokacin da Paul Seixas ya sami damar riƙe tayar Tadej Pogacar, ko da na ɗan lokaci? Ko ranar 22 ga Afrilu, a cikin daƙiƙa 20 da Seixas ya rabu da taron a cikin mita na ƙarshe na Flèche Wallonne classic, ya zama mafi ƙarancin shekaru da ya taɓa cin nasara? Ko ranar 12 ga Yuni, lokacin da ya shafe sa'o'i yana yaƙi don komawa gaban Tour Auvergne Rhône Alpes bayan wani mummunan haɗari ya bar shi da mintuna a baya?
Mafi son lokacin Seixas a gare ni shine a mataki na huɗu na Tour of the Basque Country. Al'ada da taka tsantsan sun ce ya kamata ya kalli ya jira a kan hawan ƙarshe, yana kare jagorar lafiya. A maimakon haka, ya kai hari a kan gangara kuma ya sami daƙiƙa 20 a kan abokan hamayyarsa—hari marar buƙata gaba ɗaya, yana tsere don nishaɗi, saboda zai iya, kai tsaye daga littafin Hinault. "Matashi kuma marar damuwa," kamar yadda Fignon zai ce. Abin da ya bambanta ɗan shekara 19 shine abubuwa biyu: wasan kwaikwayon da ke biye da shi a duk lokacin da ya saka lambar tsere, da kuma gaskiyar cewa a fili yana da ƙarfin da zai goyi bayan hazakarsa. Guimard, wanda yanzu yana da shekaru 79, ya ce bai taɓa ganin Bardet, Virenque, ko Pinot sun wargaza filin a kan hawan dutse kamar yadda Seixas zai iya ba.
Farinciki da yabo game da Seixas suna da yawa, kuma sun cancanci gaba ɗaya. Babu wani abu makamancin haka da aka gani a keken Faransa tun daga ƙarshen 1970s, lokacin da Hinault yake yin abubuwa irin na Badger—kamar tuƙi kekensa zuwa cikin rafi (Dauphiné, 1977), ya fito kai tsaye, ya ci classics, ko watakila Fignon. Lokacin farko na Laurent Fignon a 1982 ya kasance mai haske. Idan akwai kwatance, shi ne Fignon, wanda ya yi tasiri nan take bayan ya zama ƙwararre. Ci gaban Hinault ya kasance a hankali, tare da Guimard yana sarrafa ci gabansa a hankali.
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Paul Seixas, 19, yana da ƙarfin da ya dace da hazakarsa. Hoton: Yoan Valat/EPA
Alamar gargaɗi ga Seixas ta zo ne da wannan haɗarin a Tour Auvergne Rhône Alpes, lokacin da rashin kulawarsa na matashi ya kusa jawo masa asara. A cikin makonni uku masu zuwa, zai yi tafiya a kan igiya: idan ya riƙe ƙarfinsa na matashi, zai ji kamar rashin nasara, amma idan ya bar motsin zuciyarsa ya tashi, zai iya rushewa. Kuma duk wannan yayin da yake fuskantar manyan zakaran Tour guda biyu na ƙarni na 21, Pogacar da Jonas Vingegaard.
"Labari mai ban tausayi, mai ban bakin ciki na Ba'faranshe wanda ke jan hankalin jama'ar gida amma ya tilasta masa fita saboda rashin sa'a da wahala mai yawa na jiki shine labarin da Tour ya rubuta sau da yawa." Wannan shine Pinot a 2019. Wannan Yuli, ƙarshen zai iya zama daban, amma gargaɗin daga tarihin kwanan nan a bayyane yake ga kowa.
**Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa**
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da dogon jira don samun zakaran Tour de France na Faransa wanda ya ta'allaka kan masu takara uku da ka ambata
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko**
**Tambaya: Me yasa Faransa ba ta da mai cin Tour de France na dogon lokaci?**
**Amsa:** Yana da haɗin rashin sa'a, gasa mai ƙarfi daga wasu ƙasashe, da matsin lamba na tsere a gida. Ba'faranshe na ƙarshe da ya ci shine Bernard Hinault a 1985.
**Tambaya: Wanene Badger, Farfesa, da matashi?**
**Amsa:** Waɗannan sunaye ne na wasu mahayan Faransa guda uku waɗanda aka yi tsammanin za su ci amma ba su ci ba:
- Badger: Bernard Hinault
- Farfesa: Laurent Fignon
- Matashi: Nuni ga taurari matasa kamar Romain Bardet ko Julian Alaphilippe waɗanda suka kusanci amma ba su iya ƙarewa na farko ba.
**Tambaya: Shin ɗayansu ya taɓa cin Tour?**
**Amsa:** E, Hinault da Fignon duk sun ci Tour a shekarun 1980. Matashi bai ci ba tukuna, shi ya sa Faransa har yanzu tana jira.
**Tambaya: Me ke sa cin Tour yana da wuya ga mahayan Faransa?**
**Amsa:** Tseren yana cikin ƙasarsu ta gida, don haka suna fuskantar matsin lamba mai yawa daga magoya baya da kafofin watsa labarai. Hakanan, keken zamani yana da ƙungiyoyi masu ƙarfi daga wasu ƙasashe waɗanda ke da wuyar doke su.
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Ci Gaba**
**Tambaya: Menene ainihin salon tsere na Badger?**
**Amsa:** Hinault ya kasance mai taurin kai, mai taurin kai, kuma yana kai hari a kowane yanayi. Yana tseren da ƙarfin hali, sau da yawa yana cin nasara ta hanyar tsoratar da abokan hamayyarsa. Ya ci Tours biyar amma halinsa mai taurin kai wani lokaci ya sa ya zama marar farin jini.
**Tambaya: Ta yaya Farfesa ya rasa Tour na 1989 da daƙiƙa 8 kawai?**
**Amsa:** Laurent Fignon yana jagorantar da daƙiƙa 50 zuwa mataki na ƙarshe. Amma abokin hamayyarsa Greg LeMond ya yi amfani da sabbin hannaye masu motsi da hular kai yayin da Fignon ya ci gaba da kayan gargajiya. LeMond ya cika lokacin kuma ya ci nasara da mafi ƙarancin tazara a tarihi.
