Chris Froome caught up in nasty crash on stage one of the Tour de France 2021, loses 14 minutes

The four-time winner is making his Tour comeback this year and was involved in a huge pile-up before the finale

Chris Froome
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Chris Froome was caught in a nasty crash with 7.5km to go on stage one of the Tour de France 2021, losing 14 minutes as he battled on to eventually cross the finish line.

Froome was one of the dozens of riders caught in a huge fall on the opening day, TV cameras capturing the four-time winner on the ground, assessing his condition before remounting and finishing the stage alongside Israel Start-Up Nation team-mate Omer Goldstein.

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