“Very scary”
Fall caused: Tour professional gets threats
07/16/2025 – 8:20 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After the turbulent eleventh tour stage, the Norwegian Tobias Johannessen publishes an emotional statement-and reports on hate comments on the Internet.
After the fall of Tadej Pogačar on the eleventh stage of the Tour de France, Tobias Johannessen participated. The Norwegian publicly apologized to the top favorite-and at the same time reacted to massive hostility in social networks.
“I’m terribly sorry for what happened,” said Johannessen from the UNO-X Mobility team on the platform X. He hoped that Pogacar is doing as well as you can go after such a fall “. Johannessen had suddenly changed lanes in the hectic final phase, whereupon Pogačar got stuck on the rear wheel of the Norwegian and came down.
Johannessen spoke of an “mistake” and was affected. “It feels shit,” said the 25-year-old. In addition to his apology, he also drawn attention to the reactions on the net: he received a variety of threats. “I don’t wish anyone this number of threats that I received,” said Johannessen. The situation is “very scary” for him.
Pogačar himself had expressed criticism after the race. “We were at the limit and a driver decided to pull from left to right, he didn’t see me and cut me completely.” Happiness in misfortune: The fall had no consequences for Pogačar in the overall classification. Before the first Pyrenees stage on Thursday, his gap to the competition remained unchanged.
After Pogačar’s fall, a speedster in the finish area caused turmoil. Despite the barrier grille, the man had reached the route in the middle of the target sprint and had to be overwhelmed by a security employee.