Originally Posted by The Net:
“Absolutely ridiculous they didn't neutralise this stage. Clearly terrible conditions given the terrain. No one wants to be deprived of the top cyclists leaving the Tour through injury but that's exactly what we are getting.”
“Absolutely ridiculous they didn't neutralise this stage. Clearly terrible conditions given the terrain. No one wants to be deprived of the top cyclists leaving the Tour through injury but that's exactly what we are getting.”
To be fair, Froome went down before the cobbles and the conditions are no worse than they occasionally have to ride in. I suspect that Froome's issue was that his bike handling ability was impaired by the injuries he was carrying and the rain was just too much in the circumstances.



