{"id":10358,"date":"2025-07-20T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10358\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T11:20:10","slug":"ineos-team-car-knocks-down-spectator-on-the-road-during-tour-de-france-mountain-climb-in-horror-moment-involving-man-united-co-owners-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/10358\/","title":{"rendered":"INEOS’ team car knocks down SPECTATOR on the road during Tour de France mountain climb – in horror moment involving Man United co-owners’ company"},"content":{"rendered":"

By LUKE POWER<\/a> and REUTERS <\/p>\n

Published: 12:31 EDT, 19 July 2025 | Updated: 18:55 EDT, 19 July 2025 <\/p>\n

Tour de France<\/a> viewers were left shocked on Saturday when INEOS’ team support car knocked down a spectator on a mountain road.<\/p>\n

The fan had been stood in the road filming cyclists as they went by when the Ineos Grenadiers vehicle hit them, sending them sprawling and their phone flying.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is unknown what condition the fan is in but the car was travelling at a low speed behind the bikers as they climbed the\u00a0Col de Peyresourde during stage 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Organisers told Reuters they were not aware of the accident while Ineos Grenadiers were not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

The Ineos Grenadiers team is owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe<\/a>, Manchester United<\/a>‘s minority owner, and was around 200 metres from the summit of the climb at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n

It was following\u00a0Ineos’ Thymen Arensman, with team-mate Carlos Rodriguez leading the chasing group behind him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Ineos <\/p>\n

Ineos Grenadier’s support car hit a spectator on a mountain climb in the Tour de France<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The fan, who had been stood in the middle of the road, was sent flying on impact with the car<\/p>\n

\"Sir <\/p>\n

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the minority owner of Manchester United, is the owner of INEOS<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The car had been trailing Ineos Grenadiers star Thymen Arensman, who won the stage<\/p>\n

Jerome Coppel, an analyst for RMC Sport, said: ‘It’s always very complicated on these passes. There are people on both sides of the road which isn’t very wide.<\/p>\n

‘The team directors have to get back up and ensure safety in case the leading rider gets a puncture.<\/p>\n

‘They try to get back up and the counter group won’t let them pass. There isn’t enough space and sometimes, unfortunately, we see this kind of thing.<\/p>\n

‘The driver risks being penalised. Having been in the car behind the peloton, it’s really complicated when you have to move up the line.’<\/p>\n

In the end,\u00a0Arensman gave his Ineos-Grenadiers team something to cheer about as he won the 14th stage\u00a0 after a superb solo ride in the 182.6-km (113-mile) mountain trek between Pau and Superbagneres.<\/p>\n

Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey as he took second place by beating chief rival Jonas Vingegaard in a two-man sprint finish, one minute 12 seconds behind Arensman, the first rider from the British outfit to win on the Tour in two years.<\/p>\n

This is a team with a grand history, at least in its former iteration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bradley Wiggins won the Tour in 2012 with the team, which was then known as Team Sky before Chris Froome went on to win another four for the squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ineos became the sole owner of Team Sky in 2019 and the outfit was rebranded.<\/p>\n

The team is managed by Sir Dave Brailsford.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

More to follow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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