In Brittany, a bike race stopped after the fall of 40 runners

They had to travel 112 kilometers on the roads of Côtes d'Armor.

In the end, they will only have driven eight terminals before the race is stopped at Dolo.

On Sunday, a major fall involved around forty cyclists during the race called Arguenon Vallée Verte which was contested south-west of Dinan.

According to

, 17 of the 177 runners aged 17 and 18 were injured in the massive fall.

All were taken care of by firefighters and transported to Dinan hospital.

Two of the participants were seriously injured.

According to one of the riders interviewed by

, the peloton was traveling at 65 or 70 km / h when a slowdown took place at the head of the peloton, forcing riders to emergency braking.

“Some were screaming.

I found myself with the blood of other runners on my shoes, ”testifies this young cyclist to the daily newspaper.

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