{"id":3395,"date":"2026-04-25T04:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2026-04-25T04:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:58:04","slug":"the-utmb-the-ironman-and-the-international-petanque-in-shock-after-the-end-of-subsidies-by-eric-ciotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3395","title":{"rendered":"The UTMB, the Ironman and the International P\u00e9tanque \u201cin shock\u201d after the end of subsidies by Eric Ciotti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div layout=\"desktop\">\n<p>The major budget cuts are officially launched in Nice. And the chainsaw! The new mayor Eric Ciotti thus presented on Thursday an annual savings plan of 60 million euros to finance tax cuts, in the process denting the expenses of his predecessor Christian Estrosi. In addition to the reception costs and the municipal magazine, the elected UDR, ally of the RN, has clearly targeted three major sporting events.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media\">\n<p><iframe title=\"UTMB 2025: D\u00e9couvrez l'ambiance d'un ravitaillement d\u00e9cisif pour les derniers coureurs\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimedia.com\/deliver\/generic\/iframe\/mdtk\/01357940\/zone\/1\/src\/30vzxrk\/showtitle\/1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Eric Ciotti thus announces that he will no longer grant the slightest subsidy to the Ironman 70.3 world championship and the Ultra-trail Nice C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur by UTMB, both scheduled for September, as well as the international p\u00e9tanque tournament (in August). These last two meetings are simply subject to cancellation from the 2026 edition due to the vast savings plan desired by the new mayor. This will not be the case for the Ironman 70.3 world championship, the organizers having confirmed this Friday that this next edition will take place, as will the mass triathlon event scheduled for June 28.<\/p>\n<h2>The UTMB group \u201cin the middle of the crisis\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe are choosing to refocus spending on the priorities of the people of Nice. Each euro saved = lower tax\u201d, explains Eric Ciotti on his social networks, announcing a saving of 2.65 million euros around these three sporting events, \u201ccanceled\u201d in the long term. On the other hand, the organizers are taking the blow very badly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in the middle of the crisis,\u201d says <span class=\"text-italic\">Nice-Morning<\/span> Catherine Poletti, president of the UTMB trail group. We had no contact with the town hall. We are in shock at a brutal decision. Two days ago we were told that the grant would be withdrawn, and this Thursday is our test. \u00bb This Friday afternoon, the UTMB group has not yet decided, as evidenced by its press release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-placeholder u-placeholder-twitter\" data-vendor=\"xtwitter-3cVkYrxq\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper u-hidden\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" data-lang=\"fr_FR\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Ironman 70.3, Ultra Trail and International P\u00e9tanque: events that sometimes compete with each other are now canceled or grouped with departmental meetings.<\/p>\n<p>2,650,000 euros in savings.<\/p>\n<p>We are choosing to refocus spending on the priorities of the people of Nice\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qErahp8qcx\">pic.twitter.com\/qErahp8qcx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Ciotti (@eciotti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eciotti\/status\/2047314980710625755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"p-xxl@xs border-color-grey-200 radius-l@xs cmp-placeholder u-hidden\">\n<p class=\"mb-m@xs text-l@xs\">By clicking on<span class=\"ml-xxs@xs font-weight-bold@xs\">\u201cI accept\u201d<\/span>you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-xl@xs text-s@xs\">More information on the Cookie management policy page<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"mx-auto@xs flex@xs items-center@xs justify-center@xs gap-xxs@xs c-btn c-btn--primary cmp-button\">I accept<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Doubt surrounds the 2026 edition of the UTMB race<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cDiscussions are underway with the city of Nice services regarding the 2026 edition of Nice C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur by UTMB,\u201d he explains. The UTMB Group teams are fully mobilized to maintain the edition scheduled for September 24 to 27. We will communicate in due course once these discussions are concluded. \u00bb The same feeling of incomprehension accompanies the famous Ironman triathlon group, based every year in Nice since 2005 and whose programming of new Ironman 70.3 World Championships, in 2028, or even in 2030, now seems compromised.<\/p>\n<p>Our file on Nice<\/p>\n<p>The teams of the International de P\u00e9tanque M\u00e9tropole Nice C\u00f4te d&#8217;Azur have not yet communicated, but this competition is clearly threatened by the success of Eric Ciotti against Christian Estrosi during the last municipal elections. The savings plan targeted by the elected UDR is supposed to finance a reduction in local taxes of 51 million euros. This flagship promise of Eric Ciotti&#8217;s campaign must be voted on this Friday during a municipal council meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The major budget cuts are officially launched in Nice. And the chainsaw! The new mayor Eric Ciotti thus presented on Thursday an annual savings plan of 60 million euros to finance tax cuts, in the process denting the expenses of his predecessor Christian Estrosi. 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