{"id":6308,"date":"2025-07-19T16:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6308\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T16:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T16:37:07","slug":"driver-of-ineos-grenadiers-support-car-hits-spectator-on-race-course-at-the-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6308\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver of Ineos Grenadiers support car hits spectator on race course at the Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver of a team <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/road\/teams\/uci-worldtour\/2025\/ineos-grenadiers\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/road\/teams\/uci-worldtour\/2025\/ineos-grenadiers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ineos Grenadiers<\/a>&#8216; support car appears to have hit a spectator who was standing on the side of the race course along the Col du Peyresourde on stage 14 of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-de-france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tour de France<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>TV footage shows images of the team vehicle driving behind a small breakaway that included their riders <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/thymen-arensman\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/thymen-arensman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thymen Arensman<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/carlos-rodriguez-cano\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/carlos-rodriguez-cano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Rodr\u00edguez,<\/a> with 32.6km to go when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Col du Peyresourde was the third climb of the day and peaked at roughly the 150km mark of the 182.6km from Pau to the summit at Luchon-Superbagn\u00e8res in the Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The climb was crowded with fans clapping at the side of the road as the riders in the breakaway group first passed, followed by the Ineos Grenadiers team vehicle and two official motorbikes that were part of the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Footage shows a spectator standing on the roadway holding out what appears to be a mobile phone when the driver of the Ineos Grenadiers&#8217; vehicle hits the spectator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The spectator first rolled onto the hood of the vehicle and then fell to the ground, and the driver of the vehicle immediately stopped the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The INEOS car just ran over a spectator #TDF2025 pic.twitter.com\/LnpUeU54qN<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1946574658389594228\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1946574658389594228\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The driver of a team Ineos Grenadiers&#8216; 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