Tour de France leader had to run up a mountain because he didn't have a bike

The legendary Tour de France cycling race is notably not a foot race, although you wouldn't have known that watching leader Chris Froome on Thursday. In a bizarre and farcical turn, the yellow jersey-wearer had to run up the side of a mountain carrying his bike after a motorbike on the course abruptly stopped, causing a crash:

Fellow rider Richie Porte collided with the motorbike, which was carrying a cameraman, after it stopped suddenly in front of the riders on the famous stretch of Mont Ventoux; the bike was likely forced to slow down due to the overwhelming press of the crowd. Froome and some others riders following Forte ended up in a pile-up. After recovering, Froome took off running up the mountain before his team could get him a properly-sized replacement bike.

Belgian Thomas de Gendt won the round, but Froome was reinstated at the top of the standings after a review of the incident. "Still in the #YellowJersey" he tweeted after the ordeal.

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