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Mads Pedersen: The Danish Lidl-Trek sprinter crashed into the barriers during yesterday’s stage and was taken to hospital for x-rays. They came back all clear and Mads is fit to start today’s stage, although he has revealed he’s suffering from road rash and a sore shoulder.
Cofidis rider Axel Zingle, who sounds like a character from the French equivalent of Emmerdale, was travelling behind Pederson as he went down and with the Dane lying flat on his back on the road, Zingle managed to bunnyhop over his prone body while travelling at full speed to avoid crashing into him and inflicting further injury. Mad skills, eh?
