Tour de France - The 182.5-km Stage 2 from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon - July 8, 2018 - Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
BOURG D'OISANS, France (Reuters) - Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has called for calm after a number of incidents tarnished the 12th stage up to the iconic Alpe d'Huez on Thursday.
Italian Vincenzo Nibali sustained a fractured vertebra when he crashed about four kilometres from the top of the 13.8-km climb after being hit by what appeared to be either a spectator or a police motorbike.
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