After being pulled off his bike by a spectator’s bag and breaking three teeth before the opening stage, Jan Hirt was back with his smile fixed ahead of stage 2 at the Tour de France after a trip to the emergency dentist last night.
Hirt fell onto his face before the stage start in Florence after fans bypassed barriers and flooded into the team area, where riders travel between their buses to the sign-on. Here is where the chaos unfolded, in what Soudal Quick-Step team boss Patrick Lefevere has labelled “unacceptable”.
