Not only did the Norwegian, who started the day in the yellow leader's vest, lose contact with the group before he had passed halfway through the sixth stage, but on the descent that followed the admittedly tough climb up the Col du Tourmalet, Torstein Træen crashed badly.
He did finish, but more than 30 minutes behind stage winner and reigning champion Tadej Pogacar. Later that evening, Træen's team, Uno-X, announced that the 30-year-old had suffered both a concussion and several fractured ribs, and was forced to withdraw from the Tour altogether.
Pogacar is the new overall leader, with the Slovenian two minutes and 42 seconds ahead of Dane Jonas Vingegaard in the general classification.
