Second Tour de France last year, Jean-Christophe Péraud his cross this year on the Grande Boucle. Dropped overall, the leader of AG2R-La Mondiale has suffered a heavy crash on Friday at the 13th step.
If Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet knew best Thursday upon arrival at Plateau de Beille, the Tour de France in 2015 more and more like an ordeal for Jean-Christophe Péraud. Dropped in the overall standings, where he is in only 30th place at 42’10 “Chris Froome, who had finished on the second step of the podium last year behind Vincenzo Nibali, probably waiting for better days hope to succeed at the game on this 102nd edition.
But a heavy fall occurred on Friday at the 13th stage, approximately 60 kilometers from the finish in Rodez, yet could complicate his task. while the peloton was traveling at high speed behind the six breakaways of the day, the Toulouse, aged 38, found himself projected only on a very abrasive asphalt section. A priori nothing broken for the runner AG2R-La World, who had to produce a fine solo effort to get back in the bunch (not to bring cans to his teammates!) but burns to include hip and left elbow, which could greatly handicap the in next few days. The care provided by the medical car of the race was not too …
Already reduced to seven following the abandonment of Johan Vansummeren and Ben Gastauer, formation of Vincent Lavenu happen although a new package. “ I looked stupidly behind (…) and anyone has shifted to front back and took my front wheel, told the unhappy day. It is clear that I thought about giving up. This bike is already hard, but with a drop c ‘ is even harder. I do not feel nothing there apart from the pain, but I’ll try to leave tomorrow (Saturday). ” The former mountain biker sustained major injuries including shoulder, finger and elbow, but no fracture.
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