I only hit my wrist

“It is really annoying when something like that happens at the beginning of the race. It is an unnecessary time loss. Many favorites arrived at the finish in the first group and it is not pleasant to be  two minutes behind after the first stage. But there is nothing I can do, that is the way it goes in sport. It was impossible for our group to close the gap after the pile-up”, Roman said.“The crash happened as we were passing through a cheering crowd. Then Igninskiy turned around and collided with a roadside spectator. I flew over him and then Vaitkus rear-ended me but luckily for me, I ended up in the grass. I only hit my left wrist as I tried to prop myself up. I´m putting ice on it, good thing I didn’t chip any bone,” he revealed. “Some of my teammates were also a bit bruised. Inglinskiy and Grivko got involved in the crash but it is nothing serious. I don’t think it will affect the TTT because basically every rider had a collision today. The atmosphere in the pack was pretty tense. The race didn’t include any prologue which means that all the jerseys were at stake so everybody was highly motivated and under pressure,” Roman admitted after the stage in which even Contador lost 1:20. It was the Belgian rider Gilbert who grabbed the victory and in Roman´s opinion, he was the favorite to win the today´s stage. “He earned the win, his team was setting the pace all day long.” Stage 1 (Passage du Gois–Mont des Alouettes, 191.5 km): 1st Philippe Gilbert (Bel/Lotto) 4:41:31, 2nd Cadel Evans (Aus/BMC) +3, 3rd Thor Hushovd (Nor/Garmin-Cervélo), 4th José Joaquín Rojas (Spa/Movistar), 5th Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel/Lotto), 6th Geraint Thomas (GBr/Sky) +6, … 74th Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Astana) +1:55.