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Chris Froome crashes during fourth stage of Tour de France Chris Froome crashes during fourth stage of Tour de France
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Chris Froome crashed during the stage four of the Tour de France on Tuesday, sustaining bruises on his left hip, shoulder, knee and elbow and jarring his wrist.Chris Froome crashed during the stage four of the Tour de France on Tuesday, sustaining bruises on his left hip, shoulder, knee and elbow and jarring his wrist.
The British defending champion fell five kilometres into the 163.5km ride from Le Touquet to Lille though he quickly got back on his bike.The British defending champion fell five kilometres into the 163.5km ride from Le Touquet to Lille though he quickly got back on his bike.
Froome, who is fifth overall, two seconds behind the Italian Vincenzo Nibali, crashed on the same side during last month’s Critérium du Dauphiné.Froome, who is fifth overall, two seconds behind the Italian Vincenzo Nibali, crashed on the same side during last month’s Critérium du Dauphiné.
The peloton paused while Froome was treated from the team doctor’s car, TV pictures showing severe grazing to his hip. Of more concern to the Team Sky leader, perhaps, was an apparent problem with his left wrist which was jarred during the accident. Froome could be seen repeatedly flexing his left hand as he rejoined the main group.The peloton paused while Froome was treated from the team doctor’s car, TV pictures showing severe grazing to his hip. Of more concern to the Team Sky leader, perhaps, was an apparent problem with his left wrist which was jarred during the accident. Froome could be seen repeatedly flexing his left hand as he rejoined the main group.
The Tour doctor said Froome had suffered cuts and abrasions, and that his wrist and elbow were also affected. Froome was given a wrist splint by Team Sky. The Team Sky sports director Nicolas Portal reported back saying: “It’s all right, it’s all right. We got really scared because it was a heavy fall but he seems to be OK. He says it’s OK.”
He could be faced with more problems on Wednesday in the Ypres-Arenberg Porte du Hainaut section, when Froome will have to navigate nine of the cobbled sections that figure in the notorious Paris to Roubaix race, where crashes and punctures are common. The surface will exacerbate any injury problems, particularly anything affecting his wrist. The race doctor who treated him said Froome had suffered cuts and abrasions, and that his wrist and elbow were also affected.
“He’s got bruises on his left side. He must be hurting a little,” said Florence Pommerie. “His wrist is also hurting.”
Portal handed over a wrist splint to Vasil Kiryienka for the Belarussian carry to Froome, adding: “We’re taking as many precautions as we can.”
Froome could be faced with more problems on Wednesday in the Ypres-Arenberg Porte du Hainaut section, when he will have to navigate nine of the cobbled sections that figure in the notorious Paris to Roubaix race. Crashes and punctures are common on the cobbles and the surface will exacerbate any injury problems, particularly anything affecting his wrist. With rain forecast all day the stage is likely to be treacherous.