{"id":11609,"date":"2023-07-17T04:53:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T04:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-de-france-2023-fan-taking-selfie-causes-crash-on-stage-15\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T04:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T04:53:37","slug":"tour-de-france-2023-fan-taking-selfie-causes-crash-on-stage-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/tour-de-france-2023-fan-taking-selfie-causes-crash-on-stage-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France 2023: Fan taking selfie causes crash on stage 15"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Egan Bernal, the Tour de France winner in 2019, came down in the crash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A spectator taking a selfie caused a crash of about 20 riders on stage 15 of the Tour de France.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The stage was won by Dutchman Wout Poels as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard maintained his 10-second lead on Tadej Pogacar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sepp Kuss, Vingegaard’s Team Jumbo-Visma team-mate, had his handlebars knocked by a fan holding out a phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kuss went down with team-mate Nathan van Hooydonck and brought down a large group in the peloton.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There was a narrowing in the town and a spectator in the road, and I guess he just clipped my handlebars,” said Kuss. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Luckily I’m OK and hopefully the other guys in the crash are all right. It’s not ideal.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think it’s fatigue. It’s been such a hard race and everybody is a bit tired. You lose a bit of alertness and there’s always things out of your control as well.”<\/span><\/p>\n

All the riders who crashed completed the 179km stage from Les Gets les Portes du Soleil to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dane Vingegaard was unaffected, while stage winner Poels was in the breakaway several minutes up the road.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Please pay attention to the riders’<\/h3>\n

Shortly after the incident, the official Tour Twitter account posted a slow-motion video of a rider ducking under a spectator’s outstretched arm with the message: “Please pay attention to the riders.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Jumbo-Visma tweeted: “Please be always aware when watching cycling at the side of the road.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Confidis said: “Please be careful. So that the party remains a party for the runners but also for you. You don’t need a cell phone to create mind-blowing memories.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ineos Grenadiers said: “If you are spectating at this amazing event, please give the riders room to race.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The crash took place with about 50km into the stage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the Tour’s worst crashes involving a spectator occurred in 2021, when a woman holding a sign with a <\/span>message in German to her grandparents<\/span><\/a> clipped rider Tony Martin on the first stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two riders pulled out and eight others were treated for injuries, including Spain’s Marc Soler, who broke both arms.<\/span><\/p>\n

The woman turned herself in to police and went to court over the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

She was ordered to pay a symbolic one euro fine but, after receiving a barrage of abuse, her identity was withheld.<\/span><\/p>\n

A the time, Tour director Christian Prudhomme said: “We just want people to take care when they come to the Tour and remember they are there to see the champions – and not to get on television.”<\/span><\/p>\n

‘We’ve seen this before’ – analysis<\/h3>\n

Matt Warwick, BBC Sport<\/em><\/p>\n

Following 2021’s ‘Omi & Opi’ scandal, in which a young woman caused a huge pile-up on stage one of the Tour, riders have been more wary of fans wanting to get close to the action. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cycling’s world governing body the UCI <\/span>introduced a range of measures<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a> under the SafeR banner just before this race, which incorporates better assessments of high-speed descents following the death of Gino Mader last month, and more management of crowds. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the top of the Col de Joux Plane climb on Saturday, Pogacar was held up by motorbikes and penned in by crowds standing inches from their heroes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Across a season, the list of rider casualties is too long, but road cycling is a unique sport, growing in popularity, and trades on the volatility of competing out in the open.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poels wins first Grand Tour stage<\/h3>\n
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Wout Poels joined Team Bahrain Victorious in 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Poels’ stage win was his first in a Grand Tour, with the Team Bahrain Victorious rider finishing two minutes eight seconds ahead of Wout van Aert and Mathieu Burgaudeau in third.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vingegaard finished alongside Pogacar six minutes and four seconds behind Poels.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite attacking inside the final kilometre of the 7km climb to the finish, Slovenian Pogacar, riding for UAE Team Emirates, could not open up a gap on Vingegaard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday is a rest day, before the 21-stage race resumes with a 22.4km time trial from Passy to Combloux on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stage 15 results<\/h3>\n
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  1. Wout Poels (Net\/Bahrain-Victorious) 4hrs 40mins 50secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Wout van Aert (Bel\/Jumbo-Visma) +2mins 8secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra\/TotalEnergies) +3mins<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Lawson Craddock (USA\/Team Jayco AlUla) +3mins 10secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Mikel Landa (Spa\/Bahrain-Victorious) +3mins 14secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Thibaut Pinot (Fra\/Groupama-FDJ) +3mins 14secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Guillaume Martin (Fra\/Cofidis) +3mins 32secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Mattias Skjelmose (Den\/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 43secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Simon Guglielmi (Fra\/Team Arkea Samsic) +3mins 59secs<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Warren Barguil (Fra\/ Team Arkea Samsic) +4mins 20secs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    General classification standings<\/h3>\n
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    1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den\/Jumbo-Visma) 62hrs 34mins 17secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo\/UAE Team Emirates) +10secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa\/Ineos Grenadiers) +5mins 21secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Adam Yates (GB\/UAE Team Emirates) +5mins 40secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Jai Hindley (Aus\/Bora-Hansgrohe) +6mins 38secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Sepp Kuss (US\/Jumbo-Visma) +9mins 16secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Pello Bilbao (Spa\/Bahrain Victorious) +10mins 11secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Simon Yates (GB\/Team Jayco-AlUla) +10mins 48secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. David Gaudu (Fra\/Groupama-FDJ) +14mins 7secs<\/span><\/li>\n
    10. Guillaume Martin (Fra\/Cofidis) +14mins 18secs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"Across<\/span><\/span>\"Across<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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