fan hits runners with cell phone – Corriere.it

Another group fall at the Tour de France, in the first part of the fifteenth stage, almost 180 kilometers in Haute-Savoie between Les Gets and Saint Gervais, at the foot of Mont Blanc, with three first-category climbs out of the five scheduled. If yesterday it was the wet asphalt that caused the tangle, which forced several athletes to retire,
today it would have been a spectator with an outstretched arm to take a photo hitting a runner who fell to the side causing a domino effect.

Near escape for Pogacar and Vingegaard

However, it seems that everyone managed to start again, while the leaders of the race avoided any risk, Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar
, who were a little ahead. The two, separated by just ten seconds in the standings one week after the arrival in Paris, keep a close eye on each other. In addition to the climbs, the heat will also test the resistance of the runners, which, although attenuated by the altitude, does not fail to make itself felt. Meanwhile, the two bikes that prevented Pogacar from taking off on the Col de Joux Plane climb in the last stage were sanctioned by the marshals and were unable to participate in the fifteenth stage. In addition, a fine for the attitude deemed dangerous by the jury.