15 July,2016 08:17 AM IST | | AFP
Chris Froome kept hold of the Tour de France race leader's yellow jersey despite a crash with a motorcycle yesterday that threatened to wreck his race hopes
Mont Ventoux (France): Chris Froome kept hold of the Tour de France race leader's yellow jersey despite a crash with a motorcycle yesterday that threatened to wreck his race hopes.
Great Britain's Yellow Jersey holder Christopher Froome runs to get another bike after suffering a crash during Stage 12 of the Tour de France in Montpellier, France yesterday. Pic/AFP
Froome initially seemed to have lost the race lead after his bicycle was broken by the crash leaving him at one point running along the road waiting for a replacement bike.
But Tour organisers reinstated him in the lead at the end of the 12th stage, which finished on Mont Ventoux, now with a 47sec lead over British compatriot Adam Yates.
"What a finish. Ventoux is full of surprises. Around the last kilometre a motorbike braked hard," explained Froome. "I was with Richie Porte and Bauke Mollema and all three of us went into the back of it. I'm happy with the jury's decision. I think it's right. Thanks to the Tour de France organisation."
