Wiggins warns of further Tour sabotage

Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins believes the sabotage of stage 14 yesterday – when tacks on the road caused a number of punctures in the peloton – showed how vulnerable riders are on the road and more severe incidents could yet occur.

Wiggins, reigning champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) as well as Ireland’s Nicolas Roche (Ag2r La Mondiale) were just some of the riders caught up in the carnage on the climb of Mur de Peguere on the 191-kilometre route from Limoux to Foix.

Jean-Francois Pescheux, competitions director of Tour organisers Amaury Sports Organisation, confirmed around 30 riders suffered punctures on the climb, with one — Robert Kiserlovski (Astana), crashing and abandoning following a suspected broken collarbone.