Chris Froome is helped back into action by a team aid as his team mate waits for him early on today's stage 4.
Here’s the video of the moment defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome crashed very early on stage 4 today, the race’s first day on French soil after the UK Grand Depart.
The Team Sky man came a cropper near the front of the peloton on the inside just 4km into the stage from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille.
The bunch was riding down a straight road and was across the road at the time, when a ripple of movement took Froome out.
While the spill looked fairly minor, Froome tore his shorts and jersey in the impact.
He was seen by the race doctor, who bandaged his right wrist and left knee and also applied a dressing to the Briton’s left shoulder and hip; the latter having sustained not insignificant road rash.
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It looked for a period like Froome’s left wrist may be injured after he was seen sporting a brace on it. Any such injury would be a major concern ahead of the cobbles from Paris-Roubaix that feature tomorrow.
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However, he continued and finished in the bunch without any apparent difficulty on a stage won by Marcel Kittel; the Giant Shimano man claiming his third stage from a bunch sprint.
X-rays after the stage confirmed Froome had not sustained any broken bones.
Froome's stage 4 spill
