An Ineos-Grenadiers team car hit and knocked down a spectator during the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycle race, TV footage showed on Saturday.
The team car was in the middle of the road to the Col de Peyresourde, about 200 metres from the top of the ascent, when it struck the spectator, who was cheering the riders on.
Organisers said they were not aware of the accident while Ineos-Grenadiers were not immediately available for comment.
Earlier Belgian Remco Evenepoel abandoned the Tour. The Soudal-Quick Step rider, who was third overall, stepped off his bike and entered his team car midway through the ascent of the Col du Tourmalet, the first of four climbs on the day's menu.
Evenepoel had struggled in recent days, losing time in the first Pyrenean stage and in Friday's uphill individual time trial.
"Yesterday was bad, today was worse," the Olympic champion, who won the stage 5 individual time trial, said on Friday.
It got even worse on Saturday as the 25-year-old could not sustain the pace in the gruelling ascent to the Tourmalet (19km at 7.4%) as dozens of riders whizzed past him.
After giving his bottle to a child on the side of the road, Evenepoel threw in the towel, a year after finishing third overall on his Tour de France debut.
Evenepoel won the Vuelta a Espana in 2022.
