Allez Opi-Omi Part Two: Selfie-taking spectator causes huge crash at Tour de France Jumbo-Visma’s Nathan Van Hooydonck appeared to collide with the fan’s phone, sparking the pile-up cycling TDF2023
The resulting pile-up also saw Van Hooydonck’s teammate Sep Kuss, an important cog in Jonas Vingegaard’s attempt to retain his Tour de France title, affected, while 2019 Tour winner Egan Bernal and Eritrean sensation Biniam Girmay also crashed. The incident brought an abrupt end to the until-then desperate fight to establish the breakaway, with the peloton immediately slowing to allow those impacted by the crash to regain contact.
“As a spectator, show a little bit of love, respect, and understanding. Do not step on the road, not even a little bit. Leave the road to the riders.” Today’s crash isn’t the first time at this year’s Tour that fans encroaching onto the road have caused riders to fall. “When a spectator steps more than one metre up the road and doesn’t move when the peloton arrives, than you better stay home. You have no respect for the riders. I hope you feel really guilty! I have to leave Le Tour because of you,” the Belgian wrote on Twitter following his abandon.
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