It happened this Saturday a few kilometers after starting the fourteenth stage of the 2023 edition. Watch the video.
The fourteenth stage of the Tower of France of cycling remained neutralized for 25 minutes after one massive fall in the first five kilometers, in which the main victims were the Spanish antonio pedrero and the south african Louis Meintjeswhich they had to leave.
The Movistar rider was immediately evacuated in an ambulance, while the South African from the Intermarché, thirteenth overall, also had to leave after being treated for a few minutes in the ditch.
Among those affected was also the British Tom Pickockfrom Ineos, fifth overall, as well as his Colombian teammate Daniel Felipe Martinez and his compatriot Chaves werethat although he continued in the race, he later decided to leave.
The French cyclist Romain Bardet (DSM) also abandoned after another subsequent fall, in the descent of the Col de Saxel, the first difficulty of the fourteenth stage.
The French climber, who was twelfth overall, fell into a curve at kilometer 25 of this stage.
Romain Bardet. Photo: EFE/EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
The tour manager Christian Prudhomme He ordered that the race be neutralized five kilometers after having given the real start because of that incident, the first massive fall in the Tour so far.
In the montonera, which occurred at a time when there was no high-speed filming, some twenty runners were involved, at the moment when the first attacks began.
After a 25-minute break, in which several cyclists were treated by the medical services of the teams and the organization, Prudhomme ordered the stage to resume.
Pedrero’s is the second abandonment of Movistar, after that of its leader, Enrique Masin the first stage and the fourth among the fourteen Spaniards who started in Bilbao on the 1st, after Luis León Sánchez and David de la Cruz also left due to falls.
With information from Agencies
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2023-07-15 14:50:11
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