Only the Tour de France really offers such unusual images. As he completely broke down on the climb of the Col de la Loze after being part of the breakaway of the day, Ben O’Connor saw a spectator running alongside him with… a pizza in his hands. The individual offered the Australian to eat but the leader of the AG2R-Citroën team obviously did not follow up on the generous offer.
A few seconds earlier, another spectator had handed a glass of white wine to the 4th in the Tour de France 2021 who was not the only one to explode on this terrible 28.1 km climb. Almost at the same time, Thibaut Pinot, Valentin Madouas and David Gaudu, the three riders of the Groupama FDJ team, although ideally placed in the leading group, also cracked in turn in what some consider to be the most difficult climb of France to climb.
