Eddie Dunbar and Ben Healy both came down in a nasty crash at speed in the final of the Tour de France, just 24 hours after their breakaway heroics on the race

After their breakaway heroics of yesterday, Tour de France stage 6 winner, Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), and Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla), have both crashed in the final of stage 7.

They were in the front group, a much reduced peloton, when a crash occurred on a slight downhill stretch with 6km to go on the stage. Healy was sitting towards the back of the the group, to the left, and Dunbar was at the very back, close to him.

Just ahead of them, there was a crash, with Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) appearing to suffered the worst fall. Healy tried to stop and very nearly did so. However, he crashed onto the top of the riders ahead of him.

Healy they tried his best to grab his bike and get going again quickly. Though his bike was tangled in other bikes, Healy got going after a short delay.

Dunbar’s also tried his best to stop, but in jamming on the brakes, he came down, as so often happens at speed. While he did not hit any of the other riders, the Cork man came down harder than Healy.

Dunbar’s shorts and jersey were ripped and he took much longer to get going again, being one of the last of the estimated 10-15 fallers to get going. However, he looked alert and in reasonable shape as he got back onto his bike and hopefully he has not picked up any injury.

Healy appears to have walked away unharmed as he was able to given chase and finished 26th on the stage, some 1:45 behind stage winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

Pogačar outsprinted Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) on the second passage of the Mûr-de-Bretagne climb. Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) was 3rd at two seconds.

Dunbar finished the stage in 73rd at 7:39 and the main consideration for him will be that he has not suffered any injuries that might hold him back over the next two weeks. We’ll bring you more when we have it.

More to come.