2023-07-16 14:16:00
There was no space between the motorbike that was too slow and the fans on the side of the road.
Defending champion Vingegaard also thanks to this mishap, won the mountains classification in the hors category, secured eight bonus seconds (Pogacar five) and claimed the yellow jersey.
“I wanted to attack one last time before the pass. I put everything in, then the bikes didn’t move. I wasted a cartridge there. But it’s the way it is. We’ll try again,” said the Slovenian in the subsequent interview.
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Pogacar later won the sprint for second place against Vingegaard and thus secured two bonus seconds more than the Dane, but in the overall standings the gap in the final count increased by one second to ten seconds.
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“It’s enough to run away,” criticized Eurosport commentator Karsten Migels during the live broadcast: “Here we are again with things that should perhaps be improved in the coming years – especially with mountain stages like this. That’s not all It’s about the safety of the racers and spectators, but also about a sportingly fair process.”
Eurosport expert Bernie Eisel expects that the camera and photographer motorcycles that caused the incident still have to fear an aftermath: “We see them in the regulations today!”
He was to be right: the jury punished the sinners that evening. As the organizer ASO announced, the respective motorcyclists and their co-drivers were excluded from the 15th stage on Sunday.
In addition, everyone has to pay a fine of 500 Swiss francs (511 euros). Vingegaard also has to pay 200 Swiss francs (206 euros) – he had urinated in public during the section.
Vingegaard: “It was a great stage”
Vingegaard, on the other hand, was “happy with how things went. Tadej put up a tough fight, but my team worked very well,” said the Jumbo Visma captain: “It was a great stage.”
Eventual stage winner Carlos Rodriguez (Spain/Ineos Grenadiers) was also crippled by a TV bike on the final climb. He initially pushed it aside and then had to make an unplanned detour.
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