Emma Norsgaard abandons Tour de France Femmes after dramatic crash

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Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) one of many riders taken down in crash on stage 5 of Tour de France Femmss 2022 (Image credit: Luis Angel Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency)

A major crash with just over 45km remaining in stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift split the field considerably and saw Emma Norsgaard (Movistar team) go down hard and abandon the race.

The crash, which originated from the front right of the peloton, caused the majority of the main group to come down, with Norsgaard able to stand after the crash but proving to experience invisible pain, with what appeared to be an injury to her shoulder area.

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