The final several hundred meters of the Stage 12 of the 2016 Tour de France will always be remembered, not for the tremendous battle between race leader Chris Froome and his former team mate Richie Porte, not For Froome and Porte attacking and dropping pre-race favorite Nairo Quintana, not for the tremendous ride of stage winner Thomas DeGendt.
The final minute of the climb up Mont Ventoux will always be remembered as the day Sky’s team leader Chris Froome had to run up the mountain without a bike after a TV motorcycle caused a three-bike collision which sidelined the top General Classification contenders.
Race organizers decided to move the finish line six kilometers down the mountain because of 50-mph winds at the summit of Mont Ventoux, the original finish line. Apparently the organizers didn’t have time—or didn’t recognize the obvious need—to line the route up to the finish line with barriers to keep the crowd back.
