Incredible scenes as Chris Froome abandons his bike and runs up a mountain at the Tour de France

We're not even really sure where to start with this one.

You know the Tour de France? That famous cycling race where men on bicycles try to cycle up steep hills on their bikes to see who is the best cyclist in the world? If we asked you for the one thing that would be essential to taking part in the Tour de France, you'd probably say "a bike you fucking idiot" and it turns out you'd be dead wrong. Race leader Chris Froome was well on his way to defending his title - coming into today's  12th stage at Mount Ventoux with the yellow jersey - before a pile up caused him to abandon his bike. The camera motorbike appeared to malfunction and stage leader Ritchie Porte crashed into the back of it, taking down Froome and those around him in the process. https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status/753604592215228416 Froome was unable to clip himself back into his bike, so he took off on foot while he waited for the Team Sky support car to catch up with him to give him a new bike. https://twitter.com/SimonNRicketts/status/753604926757040128 The 31-year-old eventually got a replacement bike and finished the stage, but not before Twitter lost its collective mind at one of the most ridiculous scenes in recent sporting memory. https://twitter.com/Statman_Jon/status/753607569319587841 https://twitter.com/broomwagonblog/status/753607776497270784 https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/753605080465702912 https://twitter.com/johnwbradley/status/753608391440801792 Although Froome did reach the end of the stage, he lost a significant amount of time from having to run part of the stage, dropping all the way down to sixth place. It remains to be seen whether or not Tour de France organisers will revise his final time. https://twitter.com/TeamSky/status/753605447836368896 https://twitter.com/danroan/status/753608023935942657 UPDATE: Chris Froome left an message on his Twitter page informing us that he has retained his yellow jersey. Thank goodness all that running up a mountain was not in vain. https://twitter.com/chrisfroome/status/753617220664786944