Chris Froome calls for better protection of the Tour de France while SMOKE BOMB follows a day after the fan hit him

After the chaotic chaos of Alpe d'Huez on Thursday, where Froome was handcuffed and pushed, the four-time champion and current Tour leader, Geraint Thomas, remained at the top of the standings after the 13th stage more orderly on Friday.

About 10 miles from the end of a 103-mile drive from Bourg d'Oisans to Valencia, on a largely depopulated stretch of road, a bewildered onlooker threw a flare of yellow smoke into the main platoon

. The attention of Team Sky, he landed behind their group on the road – and Thomas, in the yellow jersey for a third night, admitted that he did not notice it.

But Froome, who carried the weight of anti-Team Sky sentiment, warned that security needed to be strengthened as he relived Crazy scenes on the 21 hairpin bends of Alpe d'Huez

The Italian Vincenzo Nibali, champion 2014, was forced to d & rsquo; Abandon the race on Thursday night after fracturing a crushed vertebra on an overpopulated stretch, topped with more stupid rockets. 19659003] Froome said: "During the race, it is the responsibility of the organizers to protect the riders."

"What happened on Alpe d 'Huez is not right, nobody wants to see that, you can not touch or push or hit the runners." "

" There have been some incidents – I think the organizers have tried to take some special precautions to prevent this sort of thing from happening. This is a step in the right direction, but I think other steps can be taken, of course.

"J & I was pushed several times but fortunately I stayed on my bike and I was not pushed back.When the fans interfere with the runners, who give everything to try to climb, it is not what everyone wants to see. "

There was a new string cord at the 'Dutch Corner'. at Turn # 7, heavily populated by Dutch fans traveling, and additional barriers drive spectators down the mountain.

But this was not enough to stop lonely hooligans, and race director Christian Prudhomme called the behavior of a small minority on the side of the immoral road.

He said: "We must restore calm and respect all the riders.This was a very annoying climb from Alpe d'Huez.The Tour Riders, and the Tour Champions , must obviously be respected, as they are by the vast majority of the public.

"By the roadside it was very quiet for 10 days, with only a few anti-Froome or anti-Sky placards. But all of a sudden, everything is rebadembled. I can only renew my calls for calm. It's a paradox that Vincenzo Nibali, who has nothing to do with Team Sky, ended up on the tarmac.

World champion Peter Sagan won his third stage of the Tour, coaching Alexandre Kristoff on the line in Valencia.The Slovak free spirit Sagan, who follows a rock star, said: "He is very difficult to control everyone, especially during the last climb with thousands of people who are so emotional and want to let everything escape. "19659003 are everywhere, they want to be close to the riders, but an incident like this can you bring out. "