Crashes force BikeExchange to reevaluate Tour de France Femmes ambitions

PROVINS FRANCE JULY 25 Kristen Faulkner of United States and Team Bikeexchange Jayco crosses the finishing line injury during the 1st Tour de France Femmes 2022 Stage 2 a 1364km stage from Meaux to Provins TDFF UCIWWT on July 25 2022 in Provins France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
Kristen Faulkner (BikeExchange-Jayco) finishes stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes, with a bloody wound on the knee and a red road wound on her lower left leg just out of shot (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Bad luck and crashes during the opening two stages have forced BikeExchange-Jayco to reevaluate their goals at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The Australian outfit are all but out of the general classification after Kristen Faulkner and Amanda Spratt crashed for the second day in a row into Provins.

Spratt bore the brunt of the crashes among the team on stage 2 going down on the windswept roads. BikeExchange-Jayco confirmed in a medical update that she has no fractures but that she will decide on Wednesday morning if she will start stage 3.

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