The nightmare start to today’s Tour de France stage in the Alps continues, as British rider James Shaw abandons the race following a nasty crash on a descent – which also forced Romain Bardet to leave the Tour cycling TDF2023
Stage 14 of this year’s Tour de France was neutralised following a mass crash which brought down at least 20 riders, including British champion Fred Wright and third-placed Jai Hindley, and saw South African climber Louis Meintjes and Movistar rider Antonio Pedrero abandon the race.
The abandon will come as a kick in the teeth to 27-year-old Shaw, who has been impressive throughout his debut Tour, finishing fifth on the Pyrenean stage to Cauterets and seventh on yesterday’s summit finish at Grand Colombier. Along with Meintjes, Wright, Hindley, and Pedrero, Ineos Grenadiers rider Dani Martínez also fell in the serious-looking crash, which occurred as the breakaway struggled to establish itself and began to ramp up the pace after a relatively sleepy start to the stage.
Retired pro Jens Voigt, reporting on the race from a motorbike for GCN-Eurosport, said during the broadcast: “It’s chaos, as we had the first mass crash of this year’s Tour de France. The road is dry, wet, dry, wet, and the danger is that after weeks of dry weather, the first drops of rain and dust from the road makes the road super slippery… As soon as you touch the brake, it’s like ice.”
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