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.

Tour de FrancePogacar ‘fell asleep on the bike’ to hand seconds to Vingegaard – McEwen3 HOURS AGO “Oh, no,” said Dan Lloyd, as Carlton Kirby exclaimed, “Oh, massive.” Originally, Sean Kelly, alongside Kirby and Lloyd on commentary, thought it may have been a touch of wheels. However, a replay revealed that the rider was clipped by an over-zealous fan who had moved slightly into the road. “Keep your eye on the right-hand side of the bunch," said Lloyd.

«I wonder whether one of the riders might have got snagged. As the replay continued, Lloyd went on to add further context. »Someone taking a selfie on the side of the road.

It was one of the Jumbo riders who was clipped by them, enough that he lost control. “It was not dissimilar to the Tony Martin crash a few years ago – just somebody stepping too far out, trying to take a picture and clipping a rider, who is hugging one side of the road, and this is the consequence of that.” Kirby and Kelly provided further detail. “An arm came out and clipped a shoulder, and down we all came like skittles,” said Kirby, before Kelly took it up.