Roglic crashes near finish of stage won by Girmay on Tour de France
Eritrea's Biniam Girmay celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Belgium's Wout van Aert, left, to win the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 203.6 kilometers (126.5 miles) with start in Aurillac and finish in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Daniel Cole]
VILLENEUVE-SUR-LOT, France (AP) — Primoz Roglic lost more than two minutes to his rival Tour de France contenders after crashing near the finish where the new king of sprints, Biniam Girmay, completed a hat trick of stage wins on Thursday. Roglic hit the tarmac with some 12 kilometers left after a rider in front of him hit road furniture and lost control of his bike. Roglic could not avoid the crash and went down with several others. It was the second accident in 24 hours for Roglic, a four-time Grand Tour champion. He got back on his bike but struggled at the back and was helped to the stage finish by his Bora-Hansgrohe teammates. Two-time Tour champion Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey.
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 203.6 kilometers (126.5 miles) with start in Aurillac and finish in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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