ride stopped and Pedrero off in an ambulance – Corriere.it

It happens very rarely but it happens: the 14th stage of the Tour de France, one of the most important of the 110th edition (151 km of ups and downs from Annemasse to Morzine where the great flare of the clash between Jonas Vingegaard, yellow jersey, and Tadej Pogacar was expected , 9 seconds behind), was blocked and neutralized six kilometers after the start from Annemasse, near Geneva, following a mass crash in a downhill curve made slippery by the rain.

Huge crash at the back of the peloton. The race is neutralised

Grosse chute à l’arriere du peloton. The course is neutralised#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/nVWVUga0N9

— Tour de France? (@LeTour) July 15, 2023

The number of runners involved is 38 (two certified withdrawals at the moment, those of the South African Meintjes and the Spanish Antonio Pedrero, Movistar, transported by ambulance but conscious and able to move his legs) involving all the ambulances and all the doctors present, forcing the race director to stop. More than a dozen runners were medicated, two were taken to hospital but once the operations were completed it was necessary to wait almost half an hour for the emergency vehicles to be restored and the start to be restarted with two kilometers neutralized and a flying start.

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