Tour de France 2025: The stage 7 crash victims and their injuries
The finale of stage 7 of the Tour de France was marred by a crash in the front group with 5km to go as it hurtled towards the foot of the final climb to Mûr-de-Bretagne. Jack Haig was forced to abandon due to his injuries, while João Almeida’s podium aspirations vanished as he lost ten minutes.
Haig’s Bahrain Victorious squad confirmed that Haig had a concussion in the crash, and he was unable to continue. In a statement on Saturday morning, the team said the Australian’s condition was “improving quickly.”
Haig’s teammate Santiago Buitrago came down in the same incident. Like Haig, he underwent the concussion protocol at the roadside but he was given the all-clear to continue. Bahrain said that Buitrago has “superficial abrasions and contusions to the right thigh” but stated that he “should” start stage 8 on Saturday.
Almeida underwent scans at the Tour’s mobile x-ray truck after the finish and his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad stated that he had sustained “an uncomplicated left-sided rib fracture, as well as some profound abrasions to his body.”
The Portuguese rider also expressed concern about an injury to his left hand, but his team confirmed that he had no concussion and indicated that he would start stage 8. “The next few days will be difficult for him, but at this point, he should be able to start tomorrow’s stage,” Dr. Adrian Rotunno said on Friday evening.
Eddie Dunbar (Jayco-Alula) fell awkwardly after he braked to avoid the crash in front of him. The Tour’s official medical bulletin stated that the Irishman had sustained “trauma to the left wrist and left hand” and he underwent scans at the medical truck after the finish. Although Dunbar was present at the sign-on on Saturday, the decision was ultimately taken to withdraw him from the race.
Ewen Costiou (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) spent much of the day off the front in the break but the Frenchman came down in the crash after he was caught in the finale, picking up a cut to his left knee. “I came out of it pretty well, just with a few scratches,” he said.
Louis Barré (Intermarché-Wanty) crossed the finish line with his skinsuit shredded and a series of cuts and abrasions to his left side. His team, however, stated that he is “determined to continue the Tour de France.”
The EF Education-EasyPost pair of Ben Healy and Alex Baudin also came down in the crash, but their team confirmed that they had “escaped without any injuries.”
