Fans become uncontrollable during the Tour de France climbs
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ANDREW DAMPF
Last Updated 07:05, July 21 2018
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Fans grow and spit on the runners during the last stage, while also causing a crucial crash on the final climb.
A spectator threw a smoke bomb into the Tour de France peloton during his visit on Friday (NZT Saturday).
Nobody is hurt. Unlike Thursday, when the strap of a fan seemed to hang Vincenzo Nibali's handlebars at Alpe d'Huez, he hit the ground and broke a vertebra
Incidents worry fans away from the most famous climbs Steven Kruijswijk from the Netherlands passes the cheering Dutch fans. "title =" "src =" https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/q/w/k/o/k/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620×349.1qwkhh.png/ 1532113536869.jpg "class =" photoborder "/>
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Steven Kruijswijk of the Netherlands passes cheering Dutch fans
"The organizers have to think about something … Paolo Slongo, Nibali's coach with the team Bahrain-Merida, said Friday at the Associated Press : "There is a problem, and it is getting bigger and bigger. We must find something to solve it.
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The Nibali crash occurred in a cloud of yellow smoke unleashed by the spectators, with two police motorcycles a few bike lengths ahead of the spectators. stage managers. "title =" "src =" https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/q/w/k/o/0/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620×349.1qwkhh.png/ 1532113536869.jpg "class =" photoborder "/>
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Thousands of fans follow the course of every day
"The Tour de France was afraid that something would happen to (Chris) Froome Rik Verbrugghe, sports director of Bahrain-Merida, has stated: "There are a lot of motorcycles in the race and that's something we may have to think about in the future race."
In the 2016 Tour, Froome had to run Ventoux when his bike was mutilated in
Attitude towards Froome and his Sky team was recently started when the quadruple Tour champion was involved in a drug deal related to the Asthma from the Spanish Vuelta of last year – even though it was whitened The fans booed and whistled at Froome throughout the race and with the large number of spectators lined up on the 21 bends hairpin from Alpe d'Huez, Sky talked about safety for Froome during the climb However, this did not prevent a spectator from placing an aggressive hand on Froome's back in a gesture that the runner did not appreciate.
"Months and months of waiting (for the anti-doping case to stop," said race director Christian Prudhomme, who informed Team Sky that Froome was not welcome on the Tour before being cleared of doping.
Fans also booed Geraint Thomas, the pilot of the Sky that is He is the first cyclist in the history of the Tour to impose on Huez by wearing the yellow jersey. "As a Frenchman, I'm ashamed," said Sky's sports director, Nicolas Portal
fourth overall and one of the few drivers who seemed able to challenge Thomas and Froome – who sit 1-2 – for the title
"He felt really good yesterday and he was looking for the stage win," said Slongo.
Slongo said that Nibali was will rest for 15 days and will seek to return for the Spanish Vuelta in August
Franco Pellizotti, a teammate of Nibali and the eldest The Tour at 40, noted that the incidents on Alpe d'Huez is nothing new – as when Giuseppe Guerini rode on a spectator taking a photo in the middle of the road in 1999.
Fans camp on Huez for weeks before the race and create a raucous atmosphere.
"It's good to party but you must also respect the riders," Pellizotti said. "It's great for us that all these fans are here, it really motivates you, but unfortunately, sometimes the party becomes excessive and yesterday there were a lot of drunk people."
"It does not take great thing to make a rider fall.
– AP
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