American cyclist Sepp Kuss narrowly avoids a horrific crash over cliff during Tour de France
Saturday was the penultimate day of the Tour de France, and it almost had what has to be one of the most heart-in-mouth moments the iconic race has seen in years.And the only reason it didn't was all thanks to a perfectly placed catch fence.Saturday's Stage 20 took riders along some mountainous roads, and where there are mountains there are often cliffs.American Sepp Kuss was riding on one of these roads and was actually leading not too far from the end of the stage. He rounded a sweeping corner, but seemed to understeer way too wide and crashed into a low concrete barrier just as the catch fence was ending.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEFortunately, it was there because on the other side of that barrier was one heck of a drop-off.Wow.
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Saturday was the penultimate day of the Tour de France, and it almost had what has to be one of the most heart-in-mouth moments the iconic race has seen in years.And the only reason it didn't was all thanks to a perfectly placed catch fence.Saturday's Stage 20 took riders along some mountainous roads, and where there are mountains there are often cliffs.American Sepp Kuss was riding on one of these roads and was actually leading not too far from the end of the stage. He rounded a sweeping corner, but seemed to understeer way too wide and crashed into a low concrete barrier just as the catch fence was ending.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEFortunately, it was there because on the other side of that barrier was one heck of a drop-off.Wow. I don't know if they stopped that catch fence there because they just figured no one would ever crash any farther than that or if they just ran out of supplies.Whatever the reason, Kuss has to be thrilled it was there.Cycling is not for the faint of heart, and there's a good chance that if he had gone over that wall, it would've been over.ZERO BS. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.
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- Saturday was the penultimate day of the Tour de France, and it almost had what has to be one of the most heart-in-mouth moments the iconic race has seen in years.And the only reason it didn't was all thanks to a perfectly placed catch fence.Saturday's Stage 20 took riders along some mountainous roads, and where there are mountains there are often cliffs.American Sepp Kuss was riding on one of these roads and was actually leading not too far from the end of the stage. He rounded a sweeping corner, but seemed to understeer way too wide and crashed into a low concrete barrier just as the catch fence was ending.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEFortunately, it was there because on the other side of that barrier was one heck of a drop-off.Wow.
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