Pedrero, evacuated by ambulance after a severe fall in the Tour

The fourteenth stage of the Tour de France was neutralized in a few minutes after a massive crash in the first kilometers, where the main victim was the Spaniards. Antonio Pedrerowho had to retire with a sore right clavicle.

the corridor of Movistar was immediately evacuated in an ambulance, while the South African Louis Meintjes, from Intermarché, thirteenth overall, also had to retire after being treated for a few minutes in the ditch.

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Among those affected are the British Tom Pickockfrom Ineos, fifth overall, as well as his Colombian colleague Daniel Felipe Martinezy is his countryman Chaves isbut they were all able to continue the race.

The Tour Director, Christian Prudhommeordered the race to be neutralized three kilometers after the true start was given because of that incident, the first major crash in the Tour so far.

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In montonera, which took place at a time when there was no high-speed filming, about twenty runners were involved, once the first attacks began.

The rest of those affected by the collapse were able to continue except Pedrero, who was the second to abandon Movistar, after its leader, enric masIn the first stage.

With this loss, ten of the fourteen Spaniards who started the Tour in Bilbao on July 1 remain. In addition to Pedrero and Mas, Luis León Sánchez and David de la Cruz left.