roger lapébie wrote: "in the valley that leads to briançon, i saw the accident to the "maillot jaune", bartali. the narrow and bumpy road ran along the foot of a rock. suddenly rossi, who was leading, took a bend badly, braked and his back wheel hit the parapet of a bridge. bartali, who was beside rossi, couldn't get clear and i saw him fall over the bridge and into the little river three metres below." camusso pulled him out. bartali was cut to his arm and knee and had trouble breathing because of a blow to the chest. he rode on to the end of the day, often pushed by his helpers. he finished 10 minutes behind the rest but kept his lead.