Froome keeps the yellow jersey after dramatic tour stage (The Associated Press)

Fans celebrating Bastille Day created dramas at the Tour de France, causing a crash involving race leader Chris Froome that ensured it wasn’t until hours after the 12th stage concluded that organizers decided the British rider could keep the yellow jersey. ”Mont Ventoux always throws up something different and today was no exception,” Froome said. The problems at cycling’s most prestigious race were overshadowed in France hours later, when a truck drove on to the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of revelers celebrating the national day who’d gathered to watch fireworks in the French resort city of Nice.