A crash during the Tour de France Femmes on Thursday July 28 left dozens of riders in a massive pile up, with one being sent to the hospital.
The accident took place on a road between Bar-le-Luc to Saint-die-des-Vosges in France during Stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes, one of the women’s cycling’s two grand tours, taking place from July 24 to 31 this year.
With 50 kilometers left in the race, the crash occurred on a straight, wide road for no apparent reason.
Video footage of the moment showed several riders falling down into each other into a pile across the road, leading others behind them to crash into them.
Danish cyclist Emma Norsgaard was sent to hospital, suffering several injuries to her head, neck and left shoulder, according to CNN.
Several riders also suffered bumps and bruises, and it took them several minutes to untangle themselves from each other and their bikes.
“I just rode in over the girls and I think a few girls fell on top of me,” Dutch rider Chantal van den Broek-Blaak told Cycling Weekly. “It was a long, straight road and with stages like this when it’s 175 kilometers and flat you know you cannot concentrate for four-and-a-half hours, so it can happen.”
Some riders reported that the cause was a fallen water bottle, according to Cycling Weekly.
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