Tour de France: Grated buttocks, bloody elbow, Louis Barré the “warrior”
LE SCAN SPORT - Caught in a violent crash 5.5 km from the finish of the 7th stage, the Frenchman from the Intermarché-Wanty team, badly injured, finished behind.
The pace was brisk when, 5.5 km from the finish of the 7th stage in Mûr-de-Bretagne, a violent fall sent several riders to the ground, including Warren Barguil, Valentin Madouas, Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet, Santiago Buitrago, Jack Haig, Joao Almeida, Edward Dunbar, Enric Mas, Ben Healy and Louis Barré. Long after Tadej Pogacar , winner of his second stage on this Tour, the Frenchman from the Intermarché-Wanty team, badly injured, finished the stage in 79th place, 8'12'' behind.
Louis Barré's cycling shorts were badly torn, revealing his badly grated left buttock and his left elbow was covered in blood.
Skip the adHis team praised his courage on Twitter with an evocative title: Louis Barré “warrior” .
Before assuring: “Our warrior Louis Barré is determined to continue the Tour de France…”
This Saturday, the 8th stage of the Tour de France will start from Saint-Méen-le-Grand to reach Laval (171.4 km). Louis Barré, who is in 95th place in the general classification, 41'13" behind Tadej Pogacar, should be there after an uncomfortable night.
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