More fear than harm for Nicolas Geay. This Tuesday, while the riders were still in the first third of the 4th stage between Sisteron and the station of Orcières-Merlette (1850 m), the commentator of France Télévisions and his pilot fell from their motorcycle, on a passage to level at Serres (Hautes-Alpes).
The 44-year-old reporter gets away with a fright, jeans out of order and a burnt knee. “Rest assured, it is simply the varnish of the thigh which is grated (sic), the journalist commented live on the air. Everything is fine… “
Unlike the French rider Anthony Perez (Cofidis), victim of a heavy fall the day before after hitting the car of his sports director and forced to retire, Nicolas Geay left to cover the rest of the stage, including the French Julian Alaphilippe is still the leader before the ascent to Orcières-Merlette.
“Accident, that’s a big word, I assure you… Everything is going well for him and for his pilot, they will finish the stage without any problem! », Specifies Pascal Golomer, deputy director of sports writing at France Televisions.
