Australian Richie Porte crashed spectacularly out of the Tour de France on a treacherous and costly ninth stage Sunday.
CHANBERY, France — Australian Richie Porte crashed spectacularly out of the Tour de France on a treacherous and costly ninth stage Sunday.
Briton Geraint Thomas, who started the day second overall, had already crashed out 100 kilometers from the finish when Porte, who was fifth, slipped off the tarmac and onto a grass verge on the inside of a rapid descent. He careened across the road and clattered into Ireland’s Dan Martin, bringing the two crashing into the rocky side of the road in the final 25 kilometers of the 181.5-kilometer stage from Nantua to Chambery.
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