Irish pair Eddie Dunbar and Ben Healy were caught up in a crash with just under 6km to go in Friday's seventh stage of the Tour de France.
Yesterday, Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) claimed a memorable stage win, while Dunbar (Team Jayco-AlUla) also enjoyed an excellent stage, crossing the line in fourth.
However, they did not get the rub of the green on the 197km ride from Saint-Malo to Mur-de-Bretagne today.
Travelling in the front group, a crash sent 11 riders tumbling. Dunbar and Healy were both at the back of the group, the former falling more heavily than his compatriot. Though Healy quickly remounted his bike, Dunbar took a little longer to resume the stage, his jersey torn from the fall.
Healy eventually finished 26th, 1'45 behind stage winner and new leader Tadej Pogacar, and is 11th (down from eighth) in the general classification, 3'55 behind overall. Dunbar finished almost six minutes later in 73rd, and sits in 33rd overall, now 16'29 back.
UAE's Joao Almeida, who was seventh in the GC standings before today, and Jack Haig of Bahrain Victorious appeared to come out of the incident the worst.
Defending champion Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) is back in the yellow jersey after the Slovenian fought off Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) to win the stage.
Pogacar, three-times winner, claimed his second stage of this year's Tour, outsprinting Vingegaard at the summit finish, with Britain's Oscar Onley taking third place.
Mathieu van der Poel began the day with a one-second lead over Pogacar but the Dutchman finished 22nd on the stage and slipped to fifth overall, with Belgian Remco Evenepoel now in second place and 54 seconds behind the Slovenian.
Additional reporting: Reuters
