Excitement at the Tour de France: Before the final climb of the second stage on Sunday, unknown persons had apparently spread tacks on the road. Numerous professional cyclists had to change their wheels about 20 kilometers from the finish line due to punctures. As the portal “cyclingnews.com” reported, the event was known to the organizer Aso, who had no further information.
French professional cyclist Lilian Calmejane posted a video on Twitter showing five thumbtacks in his front tire. “Thank you for this human nonsense,” he wrote, venting his anger: “You should know that we can fall through your nonsense and really hurt ourselves, you idiots!” He doesn’t think he was the only one, ” who suffered a puncture in the finale,” Calmejane suspected.
Which he was right about. Tom Pidcock also complained about a loss of tire pressure. “I had a creeping flat tire and could feel it on the descent from Jaizkibel”. He noticed “how he slipped a little in the curves,” said Pidcock “Cyclingnews” and the TV station ITV.
In addition, Groupama sporting director Philippe Mauduit also reported that some of his drivers suffered tire damage from the nails. Two drivers from the Lotto team were also affected.
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There had already been a comparable incident on the 2012 tour. At that time, dozens of professional cyclists and some accompanying motorcycles complained about tire damage due to nails on the road on the 14th stage.
