“They had all this white shit on [the roads], it was really slippery ” Tom Pidcock says after Tour de France crash

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While most riders were enjoying a re-set after the Tour de France’s first rest day, Tom Pidcock picked up right where he left off . Or at least his luck did. The Pinarello-Q36.5 rider crashed, quite uncharacteristically, on the descent Tuesday.

“I don’t know what they do with the roads here, but when they clean it they put all this white shit on them,” Pidcock told TNT cameras after the stage, stopping to show the viewers a patch of white powder still scarred across his leg along side some blood. “It was really slippery, especially on the descents. So I just fell in the middle of a corner.”

Pidcock wasn’t the only one questioning the road surface. Decathlon’s stratospheric star, Paul Seixas, also mentioned the treacherous road conditions in his post-race interviews. With two weeks remaining, Pidcock was aware it was not the best time to be picking up fresh wounds.

“It’s fine now, but we’ll see later when the adrenaline wears off. But I think I’m fine. It’ll be a bit annoying,” Pidcock said.

“I don’t think I’ve ever crashed in a Grand Tour before, it’ll be a new experience,” the Briton ended, with his usual wry smile. The crash adds to a very unfortunatly timed mechanical for the Pinarello racer during Sunday’s racing . That saw Pidcock forced to watch in frustration, unable to shift, as Mathieu van der

Poel rode off his wheel and on to glory . Racing continues Wednesady at the 2026 Tour de France. And every day after that, save Monday, until the race reaches Paris.

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