The Tour de France ice rink: Who crashed and who’s hurt
Riders described Saturday’s opening stage of the Tour de France as like riding on a skating rink, the result of a combination of oily roads, heavy rain, and wet road paint.
“I’ve never seen so many crashes in my life,” said NTT’s Max Wallscheid.
There were crashes throughout the day, including a few that took out large portions of the peloton. Most of the GC riders escaped unscathed, but a number of key domestiques and sprinters crashed hard.
As of press time, only Rafael Valls and John Degenkolb will not start stage 2. Degenkolb crashed and then missed the time cut.
This list is incomplete. We’ll continue to update as additional information comes in from teams.
Astana
Miguel Angel Lopez – Crashed into a bush, regained contact with the peloton.
Luis Leon Sanchez – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt. Finished with the peloton.
Bahrain-McLaren
Rafael Valls – Injured leg, taken away in an ambulance, out of the race.
Bora-Hansgrohe
Lennard Kämna – Crash shown in the photo above. Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.
Groupama-FDJ
Thibaut Pinot – Crashed at 3km, torn up kit.
Ineos Grenadiers
Pavel Sivakov – Two crashes, hit both hips and his knee, plans to continue.
Andrey Amador – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.
Israel Start-Up Nation
Andrew Greipel – Four stitches on leg.
Nils Politt – Injured back, X-rays show no fractures.
Ben Hermans – Injured right wrist. Slight ligament damage, according to his team. X-rays show no fractures.
Jumbo-Visma
George Bennett – Crashed twice.
Tony Martin – Crashed in pileup at 3km to go.
Lotto-Soudal
John Degenkolb – Deep cuts to both knees. Finished outside time limit by about two minutes.
Caleb Ewan – Crashed without about 80km to go, appears unhurt.
Movistar
Marc Soler – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.
Sunweb
Marc Hirschi – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.
Trek-Segafredo
Niklas Eg – High-speed crash, was holding shoulder.
UAE-Team Emirates
David De La Cruz – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt. , finished with peloton
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