UAE Team Emirates XRG’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the yellow jersey, and UAE Team Emirates XRG’s Brandon McNulty before the start of stage 8 of the Tour de France, earlier this month.Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters
American rider Brandon McNulty was apparently the subject of a road rage incident before Tuesday’s time trial at the Tour de France.
McNulty, a teammate of overall race leader Tadej Pogacar, was confronted by an angry motorist who overtook him on his way to the start of stage 16, Mauro Gianetti, the CEO of UAE Emirates XRG, told broadcaster Eurosport.
Gianetti said the driver of the car was furious and that he stopped his vehicle after overtaking McNulty, who then collided with the vehicle.
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“Nothing so big, but it was not nice,” said Gianetti, who said the driver was a member of the public and not affiliated with the race.
McNulty was unhurt and scheduled to race later Tuesday.
Pogacar had his 5-minute lead over Remco Evenepoel trimmed down to 4 minutes, 32 seconds after Tuesday’s technical 26.1-kilometre time trial beside Lake Geneva on the boarder with Switzerland.
Evenepoel won stage 16 Tuesday and claimed stage 15 on Sunday.
The race ends July 26 in Paris.