Tour Drama: Big crashes and many withdrawals by the remaining cyclists

If on the day before this Saturday the number of dropouts occurring in this edition of the Tour de France Compared to other years, this Saturday’s crashes and dropouts currently mark the progress of 14th day of the ‘Grande Boucle’.

A stage that was already affected by heavy crashes from the very beginning where more than 50 cyclists were affected. A disaster so serious that in the end it was decided to stop the race, neutralize. In the beginning, the worst unemployed are the Movistar runner Antonio Pedrero, who had to be evacuated by ambulance.

Many more runners were touched and will finish shortly, Louis Meintjes with a clavicle fracture or the Colombian champion Esteban Chavez. Other cyclists are luckier, like the Australian Jai Hindley, third in general, or Ion Izagirrewho is still in the race. Wilco Kelderman, Maxim van Gils or Daniel Felipe Martínez they may also remain painful.

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And, kilometers later, there was another crash, which will end the British presence in the 110th edition of the Tour de France. James Shaw -another bad news for him EF Education-EasyPost after KO of ‘chavito’– and the French Romain Bardet, 12th overall. He DSM runner he tries to get up but gets dizzy and ends up leaving the race.

A stage that is fast and where another great rivalry is expected between the leader Jonas Vingegaard and the slovenian Tadej Pogacar.