Lausanne: Geraint Thomas crashed heavily on Tuesday in a second major scare for his Team Ineos after Chris Froome suffered serious injury ruling him out of the Tour de France last week. The reigning Tour de France champion Thomas was rushed to hospital for tests after his fall in the Tour de Suisse.

Dazed and grazed
The accident happened 30km from home on stage four with the Welshman in a good position for overall victory in the nine-day Tour warm up in the Alps, but was left ashen-faced, dazed, badly grazed and nursing his right shoulder.