In chaotic scenes, the defending champion realised his bike was too badly damaged and ditched it by the roadside, electing to run… Froome was reduced to running for a new bike after he was taken down in a pile-up Jean-Paul Pelissier/ReutersChris Froome remains the Tour de France leader tonight despite being forced to run part of the closing metres of today’s 12th stage after his bike was damaged in a crash with a motorbike on Mont Ventoux. The Team Sky rider was thrown from his bike after he and Richie Porte piled into the back of a television camera motorbike that had been forced to stop suddenly because of the massed crowds at the end of the climb.

Source: The Times July 14, 2016 15:58 UTC