Tinkoff-Saxo riders show their scars after TTT crash
Rogers and Valgren went down heavily during the race and ended the team's chances of a competitive time
Although not billed as one of the favourites heading into the World Championships team time trial on Sunday, Tinkoff-Saxo were still looking to post a competitive time and had sent a squad to do just that.
With the likes of three time individual time trial world champion Michael Rogers and all round powerhouse Peter Sagan taking the start the men in fluoro would have been hoping for a better result than that which they suffered in Richmond.
Crashing hard shortly before the second intermediate time split, Rogers and Michael Valgren both hit the deck and effectively ended the team's chances. The time is taken on the fourth rider, and this spill left just three team members upright.
Taking to twitter to show their scars both riders look pretty bashed up by the crash.
Rogers apparently always usually wears gloves but sod's law meant this happened on the one day he left them in the bus.
Valgren can be seen hitting the ground and skidding along, which caused the severe road rash shown in the photo tweeted by his team.
The TTT was later won by defending champions BMC who saw off Etixx - Quick-Step and a Movistar line-up that included British nation TT champion Alex Dowsett.
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The championships continue this week and culminate in the individual races on Sunday. Britain's Lizzie Armitstead is one of the favourites going into the women's event and will be looking to add the rainbow jersey to her palmarès.
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Jack Elton-Walters hails from the Isle of Wight, and would be quick to tell anyone that it's his favourite place to ride. He has covered a varied range of topics for Cycling Weekly, producing articles focusing on tech, professional racing and cycling culture. He moved on to work for Cyclist Magazine in 2017 where he stayed for four years until going freelance. He now returns to Cycling Weekly from time-to-time to cover racing, review cycling gear and write longer features for print and online.
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