Chris Froome injured after Tour de France crash

Crash in opening kilometres of stage four on Tuesday leave Chris Froome with injuries ahead of Wednesday's key cobbles stage

Chris Froome after a crash on stage four of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Chris Froome crashed in the opening kilometres of the Tour de France's first stage back in France on Tuesday. Team Sky's British leader fell after another rider appeared to swerve and hit his front wheel.

"They're essentially a few scratches, but that's got to hurt nevertheless," race doctor, Florence Pommerie told French TV. "He also hurt his wrist, but we'll have to wait and see how it goes."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.