"I saw him go over the edge and that kind of spooked me" - Matteo Jorgenson describes worrying Oscar Onley crash at Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Oscar Onley's crash during stage 6 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes "spooked" Matteo Jorgenson, who witnessed the Netcompany Ineos rider suffer a crash on a technical descent before the day's final climb.

Four minutes behind a strong breakaway that saw Maxim Van Gils take the win and Luke Tuckwell grab onto yellow, Onley was notably absent as the general classification heavyweights traded blows.

With Paul Seixas and Isaac Del Toro the strongest from the peloton, Matteo Jorgenson was next best in an impressive day for the Visma | Lease a Bike leader, who lost Wout van Aert at the start of the day. However, at the finish, Jorgenson informed media that Onley had crashed on the descent and wished him well.

“The downhill was really tricky,” Jorgenson said to Eurosport at the finish. “I really hope Oscar is okay. I saw him go over the edge and that kind of spooked me a little bit.”

Onley's condition or status wasn't initially clear following Jorgenson's comments, however the British rider crossed the finish over 29 minutes down - now out of general classification but thankfully not suffering severe injuries from the fall. After the stage, Onley's team confirmed his finish, and will provide an update on his condition in due course.

Jorgenson summed up an eventful day in France, noting that a large breakaway of some 60 riders set the tone for what was in store - a situation that boded well for the Dutch team, forcing favourite Paul Seixas to put his Decathlon CMA CGM team to work early.

“It was really crazy from the start,” he said. “I saw that big group right away and I thought, yeah, this is going to be a hard day."

“It was really good for us. Decathlon had to chase really hard, then the other teams had to spend their guys and energy. For us, it was really good to have Bruno and the others up there."

That didn't stop Seixas from cutting loose, but when the 19-year-old accelerated, Jorgenson and Isaac Del Toro had his number. Jorgenson explained why he let the pair go with three kilometers to go, settling into his own rhythm.

“At the start of the climb, Decathlon really went nuclear. I held on for as long as I felt like I could without blowing up, and then I just rode my own pace. It’s not my absolute best shape, nothing like I was in April, but I’m coming back.”