'A catastrophe': Nairo Quintana breaks both wheels and loses more than a minute in Tour de France stage one

Colombian finds himself more than a minute off the yellow jersey after stage one

Nairo Quintana chases after crashing on stage one of the Tour de France

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Nairo Quintana (Movistar), twice second in the Tour de France, started the 2018 edition with a "catastrophe" as he lost 1-15 to his rivals.

Both of Quintana's wheels due to speed bump with 3.5km to go. He stopped, received help from Mavic neutral support and stopped again to get his spare bike before arriving at the finish in Fontenay-Le-Comte.

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