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Video: BMX rider jumps over Tour de France peloton

Incident happened during today's first stage in the Alps...

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.

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

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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ROOTminus1 | 5 years ago
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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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pjm60 | 5 years ago
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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 replied to pjm60 | 5 years ago
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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/

 

or, its a MTB thats far away?

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brooksby replied to SteveAustin | 5 years ago
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SteveAustin wrote:
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/

or, its a MTB thats far away?

Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMiKyfd6hA0

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CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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Simon MacMichael wrote:

Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton

Get. A. Spell. Checker.

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Expatpat replied to CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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CygnusX1 wrote:
Simon MacMichael wrote:

Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton

Get. A. Spell. Checker.

 

Ah, the age of pedantry is not dead I see.

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CygnusX1 replied to Expatpat | 5 years ago
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Expatpat wrote:
CygnusX1 wrote:
Simon MacMichael wrote:

Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton

Get. A. Spell. Checker.

 

Ah, the age of pedantry is not dead I see.

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 teh Duutch city's railway station...

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Chris replied to CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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CygnusX1 wrote:
Simon MacMichael wrote:

Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton

Get. A. Spell. Checker.

 

You are their spell checker.

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Jitensha Oni replied to Chris | 5 years ago
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Chris wrote:
CygnusX1 wrote:
Simon MacMichael wrote:

Video: BMX rider jumos over Tour de France peloton

Get. A. Spell. Checker.

 

You are their spell checker.

Teamwork!

btw  v.t. jumo  - to use the terrain to safely jump over a major cycling road race on a self-propelled vehicle. cheeky

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