Tour de la Provence Feb 14, 15 & 16 2025

[Tim Cahill]

Lidl look way far down, go on Fred attack now

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Freaky road furniture some riders have been bunny hopping

 

[Tim Cahill]

What the *** just happened

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Bennet with the win

 

[RedheadDane]

Nasty crash.
Bennett stealing wins now.

 

[Rob5091]

Bennett wins again!? wow ...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Crash for Ackermann and victory for Bennett!

 

[Netserk]

The Lidl train is fully intact, only Bernard, Mollema and Declercq have pulled so far.

Pathetic to get totally swarmed like that and never making the front again. At least it meant that Pedersen wasn't near Ackermann's crash.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Freak incident... Hopefully noone is hurt.

 

[Wvv]

Bump in the road made Ackermann crash, did a salto and landed really hard on his back with an almost certain whiplash to the neck. Horrible images.

Kubic narrowly escaped, think it was Govekar among others that got caught in the crash.

 

[Rob5091]

Nasty crash for Ackermann. Looked like he hit a bump or manhole.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How many times will the Provence organisers put their sprint finish on a road with a speed bump before they face any consequences whatsoever? They deserve all the negative attention that Bessèges got instead.

 

[armchairclimber]

Ackerman hit his head really hard. Thank feck for helmets. Hopefully he is ok. Penhoet did well to stay on his bike and finish 5th after unclipping.

 

[Unchained]

Nasty crash for Ackermann. Looked like he hit a bump or manhole.

Like a little speed bump or something.. Slow motion shows him getting a bit airborne before beefing it into the pavement!! And the most overhead has him crashing on has his own then everyone slamming into each other!!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Ridiculous to put a speed bump 100m from the line, on a bunch sprint. That's total negligence, absurd unnecessary danger.

 

[Sciatic]

First time I'm attempting to watch two races at the same time... my de la Provence feed doesn't have any sound so I'm listening to the Almeira Spanish commentary instead while switching between races as they will finish very closely together. I speak neither French nor Spanish, it's a little wild.

8km to go and the scenery is glorious! (Better than Almeira at any rate.)

Excellent effort with the dual broadcasts!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Ridiculous to put a speed bump 100m from the line, on a bunch sprint. That's total negligence, absurd unnecessary danger.

I think it was a case of putting the finish 100m after the speed bump, but I agree with the sentiment.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Freak incident... Hopefully noone is hurt.

Sounds like he'll be OK

https://twitter.com/x/status/1891158285606158611

View: https://x.com/IsraelPremTech/status/1891158285606158611

 

[wirral]

It was a "platform speed bump", you go up, stay up for 3 metres or so, then you go down. Ackermann got caught on stage 3, the down section.

Remarkably Jose Been and Matt Stephens could not see it.