Video: Mountain Biker Jumps Tour de France Peloton

You might remember that back in 2002, Dave Watson tried to jump a mountain bike over the Tour de France peloton, but crashed and got arrested. According to reports, this year’s successful jump was completed by French mountain biker Romain Marandet. I haven’t seen any information on whether or not Marandet managed to evade the …
By Greg Heil

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You might remember that back in 2002, Dave Watson tried to jump a mountain bike over the Tour de France peloton, but crashed and got arrested.

According to reports, this year’s successful jump was completed by French mountain biker Romain Marandet. I haven’t seen any information on whether or not Marandet managed to evade the authorities… if you know, whether or not he got busted, be sure to post in the comments section below!

Watch Marandet’s jump here:

Saut au dessus du Tour de France 2013 from EnchoRage on Vimeo.

For a longer video with more angles, and information on how the riders set up the jump, click here:

Making of du road gap au dessus du Tour de France 2013 from EnchoRage on Vimeo.

 
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