Tour de France stopped after a hail storm leaves roads covered in a blanket of hail
Photo by Météo Express
The organisers of the Tour de France have stopped Friday's stage due to a hail storm.
Pictures from the race also show snow on the ground on the stage between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Tignes in the French Alps, a popular ski resort.
Organisers said the course had become too dangerous for the riders, and said that times would be taken from a previous part of the stage.
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The stoppage was announced as the racers were hurtling down a series of hairpin bends, throwing the race into chaos.
TV footage from the race showed an excavator trying to clear a landslide from the course as it became clear it would have been impassable for the racers.
⛈ Stage unridable, more details to follow...#TDF2019 🎥 @Arkea_Samsic pic.twitter.com/cxUC3hEZDO
— Le Tour de France UK (@letour_uk) July 26, 2019
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Team Ineos' sports director Nicolas Portal was disappointed, saying: "We had the race in our hands.. but the riders' safety comes first, ASO (organisers) did a great job.
"We wanted to smash it today and the guys were super motivated. It would have been ideal if the race could have continued".
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