'My last stand' - Bryan Coquard abandons Tour de France after completing mountain time trial with a broken finger
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The French bike pro Bryan Coquard has had to give up at the Tour de France. The reason for this is curious: when gripping a bag of water bottles, a painful mishap happened to him.
After the abandonment of Bryan Coquard on 18 July, wounded while trying to refuel, several voices rose to denounce the current system of feeding areas, which was considered dangerous.
One last time, and that's all! Bryan Coquard will leave the Tour de France this Friday evening. Victim of a fracture of the right ring on Thursday wanting to catch his musette, which contained a can, Cofidis's sprinter announced at the microphone of France 3 that he was going to abandon the Grande Boucle. "We tried to immobilize (the finger) to the maximum to make it work for today. It's a climb, there's not too much risk. There are some corners…
Another sprinter less: the Frenchman Bryan Coquard got off at the 112th Tour de France after the mountain time trial on Friday. Emanuel Buchmann's team-mate at Cofidis had broken a finger the previous day when gripping a food bag with water bottles.
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