A huge 20-cyclist pile-up put the Tour de France on hold

Several riders are out of the Tour de France after a crash involving 20 or so cyclists led to a massive pile-up on the road. Organizers halted the race following the incident, with the Daily Mail reporting that "the number of doctors that had to stay behind at the scene would have meant it was unsafe for the peloton to ride ahead." Former pro Paul Sherwen told NBC that he couldn't remember a time when the Tour had actually stopped the race due to a crash; the Daily Mail likewise dubbed it "one of the worst crashes" in the race's history. Several cyclists are out of the race entirely due to injuries, including Giant-Alpecin's Tom Dumoulin, who had been in third place before the crash. Jeva Lange

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