[CRASH – Froome, Bardet crash on slippery stage 2] Tour de France 2017

July 02, 2017

Tour de France 2017 – Stage 2 – Düsseldorf – Liège : 203,5 km

The 2017 Tour de France will be the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The race will begin with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf on 1 July, and conclude with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July 2017. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams will enter the race.

Team Sky’s Chris Froome and AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet both hit the deck during Sunday’s second stage of the Tour de France as part of a sizable pileup on rain-slicked roads.

Both riders managed to remount quickly and ultimately rejoined the peloton after a short chase.

The crash occurred with about 30 kilometres remaining in the 203.5km stage to Liège when a Katusha-Alpecin rider near the front of the pack slid out rolling through a roundabout. That caused several other riders to crash as well, with Froome among the first to hit the deck, positioned among the first few riders at the head of the peloton.

Paced by Michal Kwiatkowski and Christian Knees, Froome worked his way back to the bunch – which was not pushing an especially high pace – in a few minutes. Reconnected with the peloton, he then signaled to his team car for a bike change, made the switch, and again rejoined the bunch.