A spectacular crash in excess of 80km/h on stage 17 of the Tour de France left Shane Archbold with a broken bike, a broken pelvis and plenty of missing skin. The New Zealander, making his Tour debut, managed to the finish the stage to Finhaut-Emosson where he was 174th, 39:51 minutes down on stage winner Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha).
The 27-year-old was checked by the Tour medical staff immediately after the crash which he was unsure how it happened and underwent examinations upon the finish line with no indication of serious injury.
A third examination however revealed the broken pelvis with Bora-Argon 18 tweeting "We are very sad to have to announce that @Theflyingmullet has a broken pelvic. fracture is stable but he is out of #TDF2016 #headup #hero".
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Archbold, who was given a 20 second penalty for riding behind the team car, was due to test the new FSA groupset in the stage 18 uphill time trial as Bora-Argon 18 mechanic Risto Usin told Cyclingnews.
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