CARPET TACKS ON ROAD SLOW DOWN RIDERS

Carpet tacks spread on the road brought the first Pyrenees stage of the Tour de France to a near standstill on Sunday and prompted the bunch to call a truce in the fight for places.

Posted 16.07.2012 07:01:22 UTC

Updated 16.07.2012 07:01:22 UTC

Defending champion Cadel Evans was one of some 30 riders in the 50-strong peloton to suffer punctures because of the tacks which race officials said had been scattered deliberately. Reuters

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