Tokyo Olympics: Crash for Great Britain’s Thomas and Geoghegan Hart in men's road race

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Pair came down with a little over 150 kilometres to go but made their way back into the peloton

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Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart both came down in a crash with a little over 150 kilometres of the Tokyo Olympic Games men’s road race to go. Both were quickly back on the bike and chasing back to the peloton but the damage was evident for Thomas, with his skin suit ripped, blood dripping down his arm and a visible wound on his shoulder.  

Also involved in the crash were Italy's Gulio Ciccone and Gregor Muehlberger of Austria.

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