Defending champion Chris Froome has pulled out the Tour de France after crashing twice on stage five.The Briton had resumed riding after his first fall in wet conditions, but withdrew after his second crash with around 66km of the stage to go. the 29-year-old climbed into a Team sky support car to leave the race.
Froome tweeted: '' Devastated to have with draw. Injured wrist and tough conditions made controlling my bike near to impossible".
" I'm going to fly home tonight and over the next few days I'll go for some more scans on my wrist to find out exactly what injuries I've sustained".
The stage had yet to reach the first of several cobbled sections that team-mate Geraint Thomas had predicted would cause problems for the rides Froome had started the stage in seventh position two seconds behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali
He was cleared to resume racing following an X-ray after grazing his left hip and damaging a wrist when falling during the fourth stage on tuesday .
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