Froome: "It's quite painful but I was okay to finish the stage"

Chris Froome (Team Sky) revealed that he crashed during the final part of the sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné after hitting a pothole in the road. Despite suffering cuts and road rash on his left side, he insisted he will be okay to continue in the race and publicly thanked the other riders for easing up and allowing him to quickly return to the peloton.

Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.