Selfie-taking fan causes crash at Tour de France
A selfie-taking spectator caused a crash on stage 15 of the Tour de France, the mass pile-up involving three of defending champion Jonas Vingegaard's team-mates.
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Fan causes huge crash at Tour de France 2023 that sends riders ‘down like skittles’ on Stage 15
Stage 15 of the Tour de France saw a huge crash on Sunday for the second time in the weekend. The incident happened towards, but not right at, the front of the bunch, as a fan appeared to clip a Jumbo-Visma rider. Ad The rider – reportedly Sepp Kuss — then careered across the road, and in doing so, collided with other riders in the peloton, causing a huge pile-up.
Spain's Rodriguez wins stage 14 as Vingegaard holds slim Tour de France lead
Ineos rider Rodriguez climbed into third place overall by one second from Australian rider Jai Hindley with a great climb and daredevil downhill finish.
Vingegaard hails Pogacar after latest Tour de France skirmish
COL DU GRAND COLOMBIER, France: Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard hailed his rivalry with Tadej Pogacar after surviving the Slovenian’s latest attack to cling on to the overall lead of the Tour de France on the Grand Colombier mountain on Friday.
Jonas Vingegaard 'probably the most disappointed guy going into a yellow jersey in history' - Robbie McEwen
Jumbo-Visma paid a price for not adapting their plans to the shifting scenario on Stage 6 of the Tour de France, leaving Jonas Vingegaard as “probably the most disappointed guy going into a yellow jersey in history,” according to Robbie McEwen. Vingegaard put time into his big general classification rival Tadej Pogacar on Stage 5, as the Slovenian was unable to hold the wheel and said his legs were not good. Ad Jumbo seemed keen to repeat the trick, but the scenario was different as Pogacar was able to hold the wheel on the Col du Tourmalet.
Tadej Pogacar strikes back on Stage 6 as Jonas Vingegaard sneaks into yellow at Tour de France
Discount him at your peril. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) put in a timely reminder of his class with victory in Stage 6 as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) wrested the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe).
Jumbo-Visma tried to 'kill' the Tour de France and failed – Jonathan Vaughters on stunning Tadej Pogacar win
They may have taken the yellow jersey, but Jumbo-Visma's plan to «kill» the 2023 Tour de France backfired on Stage 6 according to EF Education-EasyPost boss Jonathan Vaughters. Another thrilling day of action saw Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) claim a remarkable victory after attacking Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) in the finale, just 24 hours after he lost over a minute to the Danish defending champion.
Hindley takes Tour de France lead with stage five win; Pogacar suffers in Pyrenees
Hindley leads Vingegaard with the Dane pulling off a major coup on the final mountain and now has a 53-second advantage on Pogacar in the overall standings, which took a major shake up.