A girl with a cellphone bumped into Tour de France leader Vincenzo Nibali

Hey, you got on camera*! (and almost ruined the entire Tour de France)

Vincenzo Nibali seems pretty unstoppable right now. He's over seven minutes ahead of the second-place rider, Thibault Pinot, with just three stages to go, meaning it's nearly impossible for another biker to stop him at this point.

Note: It's nearly impossible for a *biker* to stop him. Some people might be able to stop him:

Fans with cellphones who want to get on TV might be able to stop him. We should all be grateful Nibali was able to maintain his balance after getting thwacked by a surprise elbow out of the crowd. Any crash could've hurt Nibali and potentially put his Tour victory in jeopardy, and that's not taking into account the motorcycle and car speeding along behind him, not expecting a crash from a biker way out in front by himself.

Nibali had thoughts:

"Even today, there were many people on the road. I want to ask the fans to pay attention when we’re racing on these roads. They need to give us attention, they need to give us respect. They are here to see us and to cheer us, but they need to pay attention."

The Tour de France has had problems this year with fans getting a bit too close while taking selfies, so let's consider this a lesson in personal space.

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