Watch: Mass Crash Causes Carnage in Tour de France Stage 12 Sprint Finale

Update: For his role in starting the crash, Vlad van Mechelen (Bahrain Victorious) has been fined 500 CHF and 18 points in the points classification, relegation to the last place in his group and a yellow card for “deviation from the chosen line that endangers other riders.”

Multiple riders came to the line bloodied and banged up Thursday after a mass crash caused havoc in the final of stage 12 of the Tour de France.

Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Dorian Godon (Netcompany Ineos), and stage 11 winner Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) were first to fall as the massed peloton blasted toward the final in Chalon-sur-Saône.

Gaviria hit his head hard as he smashed into the tarmac.

Wærenskjold came down a split second later after seemingly clipping the fallen Colombian’s wheel.

Liam Slock and a handful of his teammates from Lotto-Intermarché cartwheeled over the top of the big Norseman. Jonas Abrahamsen also plowed into the back of his Uno-X teammate.

The crash occurred toward the front of the bunch just 350m from the line of Thursday’s lightning-fast sprint stage.

The chaos left only around 15 riders contesting for the kick for victory, which was dominated by  Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) as he swept to his Tour de France hat trick.

Yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar and his GC rivals were delayed after being caught behind the pile-up.

They were able to make it to the finish unscathed, with no time impacts on GC.

Gaviria at epicenter of Tour de France crash

Gaviria didn’t come off as lucky as the GC racers.

The 31-year-old crossed the line several minutes after the crash, clutching his shoulder, possibly with a fractured collarbone.

Wærenskjold also dragged himself to the line looking beat up. His team director Christian Andersen told TV2 after the stage that the initial prognosis after checks by the team medic seemed positive.

“The doctor has looked at them, and there’s nothing really serious, but now the doctor is going through them one by one,” Andersen told TV2. “So we’ll see what happens.”

Godon needed some time to gather his senses after his fall and was seen being attended to by teammates before he pedaled to the finish. The Frenchman went directly to the finish-line medical truck for checks.

Kévin Vauquelin was one of the first riders to help his teammate Godon.

“I could tell Dorian was immediately in pain,” Vauquelin told Eurosport at the finish. “He was complaining a lot about his back, so he’s going to get some tests done.

“Dorian, he’s a friend. So when you see him like that, complaining of back pain and barely able to pedal, it’s scary.”

The fallout of the crash will first become clear when ASO issues its post-stage medical report. The bumps and bruises will last a long longer than that.