My desi brother,
That was a rhetorical question. Armentieres stage, 1994 TDF: Jalabert
and Wilfried Nelissen hit a gendarme who was also on the course side of
the barriers, taking a photo while he was at it. So: It was a bunch
sprint, but he did also hit a cop.
Apparently, VeloNews is reporting that DZ got gapped by a few lengths
around the last turn, and with Basso stuck behind him, he stood to
accelerate, turning his head to the right to look behind him, and then
lost control for reasons still unknown. However, he seems to have
missed the cop entirely, and obviosuly there was no clipping of wheels
with the rider in front of him, which was speculated as the cause in
many reports.--Shayana Kadidal