With 50km left of the longest stage of the race, an incident on a straight little bit of highway between Bar-le-Luc to Saint-die-des-Vosges rapidly escalated into an infinite crash which noticed half the sector off their bikes.

With dozens concerned, it took a number of minutes for riders to untangle themselves from one another’s bikes.

Many riders had bumps and bruises, with SD Worx’ Chantal van den Broek-Blaak having to have her proper arm bandaged by medical employees within the workforce automobile whereas using and former Italian nationwide champion Marta Bastianelli battling via tears to proceed.

Nonetheless, the huge pileup spelled the tip of Movistar’s Emma Norsgaard’s race after she was pressured to tug out with the accidents she sustained.

Though she may stand, the Danish bike owner needed to depart in an ambulance. The workforce mentioned on Instagram that the 23-year-old “hit her head, neck and left shoulder right into a pile-up and needed to be transferred to a hospital in Épinal.”
On Friday morning, Movistar introduced that after present process scans, Norsgaard had no fractures and can “stay beneath medical commentary and relaxation for twenty-four hours, to watch any after-effects from the incident.”
“Thanks for all of the messages. It is very nice of all of you,” Norsgaard mentioned. “I am okay, I am touring again dwelling to Girona and I solely want some relaxation however the remaining is okay.”

Former Briitish racing bike owner Dani Christmas mentioned these items can occur on lengthy stretches of highway.

“That is the hazard when riders turn out to be relaxed within the bunch and you may virtually be fooled right into a false sense of safety,” she mentioned on Eurosport.

“If you happen to’re too relaxed, if riders aren’t concentrating, then crashes can occur. The pace within the bunch should have been so excessive for thus many riders to have been impacted.”

And on the finish of the 175.6km stage, the longest within the trendy historical past of girls’s World Tour racing, Lorena Wiebes of Crew DSM completed first.

The Dutch rider, additionally winner of the shortest stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, confirmed why she’s the most effective sprinter round, whereas world champion Elisa Balsamo got here second and Marianne Vos third.

Nonetheless, Vos’ 4 bonus seconds noticed her prolong her lead within the common classification to twenty seconds.

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