Romain Bardet, James Shaw out of Tour de France after stage 14 descent crash

Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich) left the Tour de France on stage 14 after crashing early on
Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich) left the Tour de France on stage 14 after crashing early on (Image credit: MARCO BERTORELLOAFP via Getty Images)

Romain Bardet and James Shaw have become the fourth and fifth abandon in stage 14 of the Tour de France after the French allrounder and British Tour debutant crashed early on the stage.

TV images showed dsm-firmenich leader Bardet being helped to his feet after falling on a fast, sweeping descent off the opening climb of the day, the third-category Col de Saxel. The Frenchman was reportedly suffering from an injured knee and elbow.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.