Mountain biker jumps Tour de France cyclists. #Mountainbike #roadbike #TourdeFrance pic.twitter.com/l5oKwXCLrk
— Chris McCue (@MrChrisMcCue) July 17, 2018
Gapping the Tour de France cycling race as it winds its way through the countryside has become somewhat of a tradition. This guy easily cleared the road bikers in this gap jump as the world’s most visible cycling race intensifies in the mountains this week.
Gapping the peloton is sort of thing. Romain Marandet pulled it in 2013:
And freeride pioneer Dave Watson went big in 2002, although his landing wasn’t that clean:
