The rider in the lead of the youth classification was near Cadel Evans at the time the BMC leader punctured but Tejay van Garderen didn't stop to help his leader because he thought there were others there to offer assistance...

“I heard Cadel had a puncture but I wasn't quite sure what the situation was. I thought we had another team-mate in there but in hindsight I should have waited for him. It was loud and chaotic and could kind of gather than he had a puncture but I wasn't sure...
“Like I said, I thought we had more team-mates in there and I didn't hear much over the radio. There was just shouting and it was kind of chaotic.
“It was sort of like someone threw some tacks on the road or something but I'm not sure exactly.”