BMX rider jumps the Tour de France 2018.JPG — BMX rider jumps the Tour de France 2018 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Video: BMX rider jumps over Tour de France peloton

Incident happened during today’s first stage in the Alps

by Simon_MacMichael

Tue, Jul 17, 2018 17:53

We’ve seen this before on the Tour de France, but it never fails to thrill – a cyclist jumping over the peloton.

It happened during today’s Stage 10, the first in the Alps, from Annecy to Le Grand Bornand, though this time the rider was on a BMX rather than mountain bike.

Do *NOT* try this at home… #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/8lgr6MBh92

— NBCSN Cycling (@NBCSNCycling) July 17, 2018

In 2013, French freeride mountain biker Romain Marandet jumped over a group including eventual winner Chris Froome of Team Sky during the 100th edition of the race.

> Video: French mountain biker jumps over Chris Froome at the Tour de France

And last year at the Tour of Poland, Red Bull-sponsored rider Szymon Godziek did a backflip over the peloton at the Tour de Pologne.

> Video: Rider does amazing backflip over Tour de Pologne peloton

BMX, Tour de France 2018

Simon_MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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CygnusX1

July 17, 2018 at 5:59 pm

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Simon MacMichael wrote:

Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton

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Get. A. Spell. Checker.
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- Expatpat
  
  July 17, 2018 at 7:36 pm
  
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  CygnusX1 wrote:
  
  Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton
  
  — CygnusX1
  
  Get. A. Spell. Checker.
  
  — Simon MacMichael
  
  Ah, the age of pedantry is not dead I see.
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  - CygnusX1
    
    July 17, 2018 at 10:14 pm
    
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    Expatpat wrote:
    
    Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton
    
    — Expatpat
    
    Get. A. Spell. Checker.
    
    — CygnusX1
    
    Ah, the age of pedantry is not dead I see.
    
    — Simon MacMichael
    
    When it’s in the headline it jumps right out at you ( if you excuse the unintentional pun).
    
    I see it has been corrected now. Not so this on the knitting story:
    
    … took the machine – called the Cyclo-Knitter – to[b] teh Duutch [/b]city’s railway station…
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- Chris
  
  July 17, 2018 at 7:58 pm
  
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  CygnusX1 wrote:
  
  Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton
  
  — CygnusX1
  
  Get. A. Spell. Checker.
  
  — Simon MacMichael
  
  You are their spell checker.
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  - Jitensha Oni
    
    July 17, 2018 at 8:55 pm
    
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    Chris wrote:
    
    Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton
    
    — Chris
    
    Get. A. Spell. Checker.
    
    — CygnusX1
    
    You are their spell checker.
    
    — Simon MacMichael
    
    Teamwork!
    
    btw v.t. jumo – to use the terrain to safely jump over a major cycling road race on a self-propelled vehicle.
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pjm60

July 18, 2018 at 6:10 am

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Where’s this idea that it’s a

Where’s this idea that it’s a BMX come from? It’s a mountain bike

https://www.facebook.com/alexis.bosson/videos/10156605179569697/
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- SteveAustin
  
  July 18, 2018 at 8:44 am
  
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  pjm60 wrote:
  
  Where’s this idea that it’s a BMX come from? It’s a mountain bike
  
  https://www.facebook.com/alexis.bosson/videos/10156605179569697/
  
  — pjm60
  
  or, its a MTB thats far away?
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  - brooksby
    
    July 18, 2018 at 9:17 am
    
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    SteveAustin wrote:
    
    Where’s this idea that it’s a BMX come from? It’s a mountain bike
    
    https://www.facebook.com/alexis.bosson/videos/10156605179569697/
    
    — SteveAustin
    
    or, its a MTB thats far away?
    
    — pjm60
    
    Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0
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ROOTminus1

July 18, 2018 at 10:06 am

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It’s not the most impressive

It’s not the most impressive occasion of an MTB rider gap jumping the TdF, which IMO goes to Dave Watson back in 2002 near the summit of the Col de Galibier, but this guy (Alexis Bosson) throwing a suicide-no-hander makes it stand out in my book.

Still surprised how anyone can mistake a Freeride / DH bike for a BMX though
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