Fortunately, the EF Education-TIBCO-SVB was able to keep herself upright, derisive shake of the head at the moto rider’s folly notwithstanding.įollowing the stage, the second moto pilot was fined 200 Swiss Francs by the race jury for the close call. Just moments later, another motorbike rider attempted to squeeze through the same gap and appeared to clip Hammes’ handlebars with the bike’s panniers, almost causing her to crash. The on-board photographers, seemingly eager to catch up with the accelerating Dutch rider, began to move past the chasing group on the right-hand side of the road.Īs Hammes, enjoying her second consecutive day in the break at this year’s Tour, drifted to the right of the group, one of the passing journalists on the motorbike can be seen placing their hand on the back of the 34-year-old German rider. The incident occurred as two motorbike riders attempted to pass the day’s breakaway on the lower slopes of the Côte de Moyrazès, around 19 kilometres from the finish in Rodez, just moments after eventual stage winner Yara Kastelijn launched her race winning move. The thorny issue of motorbike riders and their influence on races – a debate that cropped up on a seemingly regular basis during this year’s men’s Tour de France – resurfaced once again at the Tour de France Femmes yesterday, as one moto rider was fined for clipping breakaway rider Kathrin Hammes, almost causing the EF Education-TIBCO-SVB rider to crash.
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