Day to forget for the Jumbo Visma.
Even before the start of the 15th stage between Rodez and Carcassonne, the yellow and black formation suffered the loss of Primoz Roglic, whose back pain got the better of his courage.
The loss of the Slovenian champion was in fact only the first chapter of a series of blows of fate.
It is 4:30 p.m. when Steven Kruijswijk in turn says goodbye to the Tour de France.
The Batave, third in 2019, has just fallen in a straight line.
Hit in the right collarbone, he cannot get up and is taken care of by an ambulance.
He is the second team member of choice to leave the ranks of the owners of the Yellow Jersey (Vingegaard) and the Green Jersey (Wout van Aert) in less than 24 hours.
And it's not over.
The fall of Steven Kruijswijk who can be a game-changer for the continuation of #TDF2022 #LesRP pic.twitter.com/rmdn7Ohc5t
— RoisDeLaPedale (@RoisDeLaPedale) July 17, 2022
No sooner had this package been announced than five minutes later, 57.5 kilometers from the finish, it was up to the leader and yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard to fall.
Fortunately this time without gravity.
According to the first images, the Dane, wedged in the middle of the peloton, seems to be the first to have lost his balance, before training his colleague Tiesj Benoot.
🚨 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗗𝗨 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗝𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗘!
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Jonas Vingegaard and Tiesj Benoot fell, but the Dane leaves!
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This scorching stage of 202.5 kilometers was promised to sprinters.
However, just over 50 kilometers from the finish, the nervousness of the peloton and the racing incidents completely reshuffled the cards.
Definitely, each day on this Tour de France 2022 offers its share of twists and turns.
On July 6, the Jumbo Visma had already chained misfortunes, between panic attacks and bad luck, between Lille and Arenberg (North).
