In the wrong place, at the wrong time. A gust of wind, a second of inattention, and it’s the tragedy. On Friday, as he left the mixed zone to reach the start line of the seventh and penultimate stage of Paris-Nice, Kevin Geniets was knocked down by a billboard.
Staying on the ground for a few minutes, the Groupama-FDJ rider still managed to get up and get back in the saddle but, hit in the ankle, the Luxembourger finally had to resign himself to giving up at the moment of the fictitious start.