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Chaos at the Tour – cyclist breaks two teeth before the start
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Czech Jan Hirt starts the tour with a handicap
Source: pa/dpa/Belga/Jasper Jacobs
This year, the Tour de France starts in Italy for the first time. There, chaos reigns on the first day. Before it even starts, a professional cyclist is injured in the chaos. His team boss makes accusations against the organizers.
The 111th edition of the Tour de France has started painfully for the Czech professional cyclist Jan Hirt. On Saturday, before the start of the first stage in Florence, there was a collision with a spectator. A spokesman for the Soudal-Quickstep team confirmed this, but could not give any details. Hirt’s two teeth were damaged.
On the X platform, team boss Patrick Lefevere posted a photo of the injured professional and raged: “There are 100 rules for the team, but someone with a backpack caused Jan Hirt to fall between the autograph sessions and the bus.” According to the spokesman, the start was chaotic. Many spectators were gathered around the buses.
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Hirt, who won a Giro stage in 2022, was able to start the difficult opening stage with 3,600 meters of altitude.
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