Ogier actually used the word sections and not stages, like I’ve wrote. Anyway, in the full article it’s clearly said he backed the new roads, even if that specific quote sounds a bit confusing.
Yeah, it's clear that the beginning of Ogier's statement means he prefers small roads to chicanes, but the last part ("wider and wider") is still puzzling.
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