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Tour de France 2016: Leader Chris Froome forced to run as motorcycle collision mars stage

Has the Tour de France have seen such a spectacle? Race leader Chris Froome was forced to run part of Thursday's wild 12th stage after a crash involving a camera-carrying motorcycle.

.@ChrisFroome à pieds dans le final de l'étape / @ChrisFroome is running in le Ventoux ud83dudcaa #TDF2016https://t.co/o3fgyrRRST

— Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 14, 2016

The stage ended with controversy, as Froome fell to sixth in the time standings while a race jury decided how to handle the mess.

Its decision:

Tejay van Garderen moved up to seventh place after stage, the best American rider in the competition.