Tour de France

Froome loses Yellow Jersey

Scandal at the Mont Ventoux, Christopher Froome is moved from a motorcycle to a case, and must run for a while without the road up the mountain. His Yellow Jersey, the Briton is going on in the first place.

The has not experienced the Tour de France: defending champion jogs in the Yellow Jersey on the Mont Ventoux climb. Excruciatingly long. Only then will Christopher Froome receives a wheel from the neutral material of the vehicle. 400 meters before the finish, the team vehicle of the Sky closes in on finally, to give the British a spare wheel. What had happened?

First in 100 years #Tour-de-France-history: The Yellow Jersey (Chris Froome) jogs in the direction of the target! pic.twitter.com/LeBQOb43Ej

— DW | sports (@dw_sport) 14. July 2016

On the, because of the strong winds around six kilometres shorter twelfth stage, the spectators crowded on the final climb of the Mont Ventoux. One and a half kilometres before the finish, a camera had to brake the motorcycle suddenly. The Australian Richie Porte, the Dutchman Bauke Molleam and Froome crashed. Froomes road driving was not operational. Due to his bad luck, the Briton lost a lot of time and the Yellow Jersey to his compatriot Adam Yates. Froome fell back with a gap of 52 seconds on the sixth rank. Whether the stage result is so settled, it was open in the first place.

The day’s victory at the twelfth stage of the Belgian Thomas De Gendt took after the 178 kilometers from a breakaway group out in front of his compatriot Serge Pauwels. But nobody spoke at the end.

sn/jw (sid, dpa)