2023-07-01 18:41:31
Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz suffered a severe fall in Stage 1 of the 2023 Tour de France and one of them had to leave the competition. The unfortunate situation demonstrated the cruelty of cycling, since everything happened a couple of hours following the Tour began.
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With just over 22 kilometers to go before the finish line, Richard Carapaz, members of EF, Rigoberto Urán’s team, and Enric Mas, from Movistar, suffered a severe fall. They were going downhill and a curve caused them to collide. Immediately, Carapaz and Mas tried to get up, but they were slow to get back up and, in fact, one of them abandoned the competition.
Enric Mas has abandoned the 2023 Tour de France.
Although his knees were bloody and the pain was evident, Richard Carapaz continued in the competition and finished Stage 1 of the Tour de France. Unfortunately, Enric Mas suffered a major problem in his right arm and, following discussing it with his team, he left the Tour. The departure of Mas is not only a very hard blow for the Movistar Team, but also for the competition, since he was one of the contenders for the podium in the general classification.
How was the podium of Stage 1 of the 2023 Tour de France?
The Stage 1 podium of the 2023 Tour de France was led by Adam Yates and surprisingly second was his brother Simon Yates. Tadej Pogacar, one of the contenders to be Tour champion, came in third place.
Adam Yates – 4h 22′49′’Simon Yates – +4Tadej Pogacar – +12
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