The accident came at the end of a crazy day, in one of the last opportunities for the fast men in this Tour. The last ones 25 kilometers They were a carousel of attacks. Gaviria himself tried to filter a runner from the green formation in several movements led by cyclists from the Lidl-Trekamong them Quinn Simmons and Mads Pedersen. The strength of the large group ended all attempts before reaching the decisive stage.
The last ones five kilometers became a battle for position again, with the sprinters trying to get as high up the streets as possible. Chalon-sur-Saône. Gaviria had the support of Stefano Oldani and rolled around tenth place when he did the sharpener with another cyclist. The Antioquian was thrown to the ground and suffered a hard blow to the head. left clavicle.
Oldani recounts the moment of the fall
Stefano Oldani: «I have been talking to him from the point where he fell to the bus and the truth is that he was quite upset. He had a very bad blow and he insisted to me a lot that his head hurt. clavicle.
I left him in the absence of more or less 1 kilometer of goal. There was a lot of chaos, a lot of mixing of teams at the front of the platoon. I tried to take it as far forward as possible. Just as I had just dropped off I saw him lying on the road next to two cyclists. Lotto and I already realized that he had taken a bad hit».