Just awful. There's bad luck and there's incredibly stupid fans. This was both.
Omg!
Not sure why he couldn't get his bike back ?
Now that we've seen the fact they ran into the moto, I can't see anything else but a neutralization
Assume bike was broken.
They have to neutralise it.
bloody hell 😯
Maybe it was knackered or some fan damaged it
Sorry - motorcycle stopped for fans blocking the road I think and porte and froome ran into the back
What caused the crash? I am on German TV and can't see why the motor bike stopped
W the bloody F!
His bike was ****ed, the motorbike ran over it
on a conference call looked away and then wtf
At least Froome doesn't appear injured. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Prudhomme's caravan right now...
It's a tough call for the race officials. Do they cut the GC times at the bike crash timing, leave the results alone or give Froome the same time as Mollema?
Yellow for Yates?
Cut it at the crash, Mollema wouldn't have gained time on Porte and Froome IMO.
Yates in yellow according to the BBC radio that I was just listening to.
What road shoes for a duathlon?
Well, that was a total **** up
We still haven't seen why the moto stopped, have we? Everyone in the crowd was waving their phones - I'm sure footage will appear on YouTube.
#tdf pic.twitter.com/NLeIFzjkrH
twitter footage here
I love the drama the tour throws up, you think you've seen everything and then this 😯
AAAGGGHHH just read this news, I was hoping to be able to watch today live but unfortunately work intervened, what a stage to miss!
https://twitter.com/SimonNRicketts/status/753604926757040128/video/1
this works second video down 😯
6km worth of crowd moved back down the road made it a bit of a squeeze
Allow the stage results to stand but dont include the stage time in the GC?
French TV says road was blocked by spectators so motobike had to stop - my wife (French) confirmed my understanding of what was said
provisional....
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Should give froome and Porte same time as mollema
Juan Antonio (on Eurosport), what a load of rubbish. Saying they shouldn't adjust it as precedence from the past has been not to change the result when a moto has interfered with the race, but the circumstances very different today.
6km worth of crowd moved back down the road made it a bit of a squeeze
This. Probably a narrow spot which normally has less people
Yep. Moto blocked by spectators. Froomes bike got broken. Neutral bike had wrong pedals (from tv)
that video ! 😯
I can't see them letting the times stand on arrival at the top, though IMO it'd still be froome's tour even if they did (assuming uninjured)
presumably, on usual form anyway6km worth of [s]crowd[/s] pissed-up arseholes moved back down the road made it a bit of a squeeze
Well, that was a bit of a cluster ****.
I bet Porte's chin is sore. Looks like he chin butted the back of the moto.
French TV says road was blocked by spectators so motobike had to stop
Seems to be the only scenario that matches the video from the back of the moto.
1-200m block of spectators where nothing could pass (tv)
Did Porte finish?
Yep, ahead of Nairo etc. I think.
Provisionals have Froome back in [s]fifth[/s] sixth now. Are they really going to present Yates the yellow in these circumstances?
EDIT: Apparently not!
'Panicked huddle'
I'd say
Richie
“The crowd was all over the road and the motorbike just stopped, we had nowhere to go. [Froome] was on my wheel, he went straight into the back of me. We were 23 seconds ahead, it’s not fair... it can’t stand, surely the jury has to look at it and use a bit of discretion. The crowd are in your face the whole time, pushing riders... at the top, that was just crazy.”
Well if Froome had been looking were he was going and not at his stem then he probably could have avoided it.
Did Porte finish?Yep, ahead of Nairo etc. I think.
30 sec down.
http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2016/us/stage-12/classifications.html
I bet there's some world class Euro-British negotiations going on at the moment.
Theresa if you need some experienced negotiators...