Mark Cavendish: Tour de France stage two start doubtful after crash

Provisional medical checks on Mark Cavendish indicate no fractures after he crashes heavily in stage one finale in Harrogate

Mark Cavendish after a crash on stage one of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) may have to quit the Tour de France after crashing in the finale of the opening stage in Harrogate. The British sprinter bumped against Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) and lost his chance to win the stage and the yellow jersey to Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano).

A Tour medical report two hours after the stage said that X-rays revealed a separated right shoulder. The team will announce its decision on whether Cavendish will continue in the race on Sunday morning.

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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.