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Egan Bernal, victor successful 2019, fell connected signifier 15A instrumentality trying to instrumentality a selfie caused a clang connected signifier 15 of the Tour de France with astir 20 riders coming disconnected their bikes.
With astir 125km remaining Team Jumbo-Visma rider Sepp Kuss had his handlebars knocked by a protagonist who was holding retired a phone.
Kuss swerved into team-mate Nathan van Hooydonck who fell disconnected his bike, causing a clang down him.
Saturday's signifier 14 saw six riders wantonness aft crashes.
All the riders who fell successful Sunday's clang connected the 179km signifier from Les Gets les Portes du Soleil to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc were capable to continue, including 2019 champion Egan Bernal.
General classification person Jonas Vingegaard and second-placed Tadej Pogacar were unaffected.
Team Jumbo-Visma tweeted: "Please beryllium ever alert erstwhile watching cycling astatine the broadside of the road."
An estimated 20 riders were progressive successful the clang connected Stage 15Analysis - we've seen this before
Matt Warwick, BBC Sport
This is not the archetypal clip a spectator has caused specified a crash.
Following 2021's 'Omi & Opi' scandal, successful which a young pistillate caused a immense pile-up connected signifier 1 of the Tour holding up a connection successful German to her grandparents, riders person been much wary of fans wanting to get adjacent to the action.
Cycling's satellite governing assemblage the UCI introduced a scope of measures nether the SafeR banner conscionable earlier this race, which incorporates amended assessments of high-speed descents pursuing the decease of Gino Mader past month, and much absorption of crowds.
At the apical of the Col de Joux Plane ascent connected Saturday, Pogacar was held up by motorbikes and penned successful by crowds lasting inches from their heroes.
Across a season, the database of rider casualties is excessively long, but roadworthy cycling is simply a unsocial sport, increasing successful popularity, which trades connected the volatility of competing retired successful the open.
One of the race's worst crashes occurred successful the 2021 Tour de France, erstwhile a Frenchwoman clipped German rider Tony Martin connected the archetypal stage.
She was ordered to wage a symbolic 1 euro fine, and aft receiving a barrage of maltreatment her individuality was withheld.
Two riders had to propulsion retired of the Tour entirely, portion a further 8 were treated for injuries.
Spain's Marc Soler broke some arms successful the crash.
The pistillate turned herself successful to constabulary custody and went to tribunal implicit the incident, starring Tour manager Christian Prudhomme to contented a statement.
"She did thing daft, she's nary terrorist," helium said. "We conscionable privation radical to instrumentality attraction erstwhile they travel to the Tour and retrieve they are determination to spot the champions - and not to get connected television."
In 2021 a clang connected Stage One caused 2 riders to propulsion retired of the Tour completely
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