Wounded on the finger during the 12th stage, the French Bryan Coquard announced declare forfeit at the end of the time on July 18, for security measures.
At the end of the effort. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) tried to continue on this 2025 Tour de France, but must withdraw, as a precaution. After fracturing a finger during the 12th stage, the Frenchman announced that the time trial of the 13th stage of July 18 would be his last race during this 2025 edition: “Today is my last bib on this Tour de France.”
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With a fractured directory, the medical profession and the runner agreed that it was better to stop there: “I want to do today, but a security question, I think that for the entire peloton and the rest of the race, tomorrow I will certainly not be able to start.”
#TDF2025 | \ ud83d \ udeb4 \ u2642 \ ufe0f “a last baroud honor” for Coquard
\ UD83C \ UDFE5 The French of Cofidis, which fractured an annular yesterday, will participate in the time of the day but will stop after this stage to have surgery.
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The runner spoke of an “fracture not moved, but with a risk of movement” and therefore no risk to worsen the injury. Above all, Bryan Coquard admitted that he cannot brake with his right hand, but only with the left hand, recognizing that he was likely to be “a bomb” within the peloton, and preferring to withdraw for the safety of all, before being operated next week.
