{"id":84474,"date":"2023-07-17T13:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/17\/fan-causes-crash-taking-selfie-at-tour-de-france\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:41:45","slug":"fan-causes-crash-taking-selfie-at-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/17\/fan-causes-crash-taking-selfie-at-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan Causes Crash Taking Selfie&#8230;At Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong> Around 20 riders fell off their bikes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fan trying to take a selfie caused a crash on stage 15 of the Tour de France with about 20 riders coming off their bikes.<\/p>\n<p>With about 125km remaining, Team Jumbo-Visma rider Sepp Kuss had his handlebars knocked by a supporter who was holding out a phone.<\/p>\n<p>Kuss swerved into team-mate Nathan van Hooydonck who fell off his bike, causing a crash behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s stage 14 saw six riders abandon after crashes.<\/p>\n<p>All the riders who fell in yesterday\u2019s crash on the 179km stage from Les Gets les Portes du Soleil to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc were able to continue, including 2019 champion Egan Bernal.<\/p>\n<p>General classification leader Jonas Vingegaard and second-placed Tadej Pogacar were unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>Team Jumbo-Visma tweeted: \u201cPlease be always aware when watching cycling at the side of the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the incident, Tour de France\u2019s official Twitter account posted a slow-motion video of a rider ducking under a spectator\u2019s outstretched arm with the message: \u201cPlease pay attention to the riders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team Confidis also tweeted: \u201cPlease be careful. So that the party remains a party for the runners but also for you. You don\u2019t need a cell phone to create mind-blowing memories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a spectator has caused such a crash.<\/p>\n<p>Following 2021\u2019s \u2018Omi &amp; Opi\u2019 scandal, in which a young woman caused a huge pile-up on stage one of the Tour holding up a message in German to her grandparents, riders have been more wary of fans wanting to get close to the action.<\/p>\n<p>Cycling\u2019s world governing body the UCI introduced a range of measures under the Safer banner just before this race, which incorporates better assessments of high-speed descents following the death of Gino Mader last month, and more management of crowds.<\/p>\n<p>Across a season, the list of rider casualties is too long, but road cycling is a unique sport, growing in popularity, which trades on the volatility of competing out in the open.<\/p>\n<p>One of the race\u2019s worst crashes occurred in the 2021 Tour de France, when a Frenchwoman clipped German rider Tony Martin on the first stage.<\/p>\n<p>She was ordered to pay a symbolic one euro fine, and after receiving a barrage of abuse her identity was withheld.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 20 riders fell off their bikes \u00a0 A fan trying to take a selfie caused a crash on stage 15 of the Tour de France with about 20 riders coming off their bikes. 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