No fracture, I want to continue in the race

“I´ve undergone X-rays and I have no fracture. I want to be on the start line tomorrow and we will see if I will be able to ride or not,” Roman said after the examination. “The crash with 50km to go was really nasty. Several riders went down right in front of me and then other riders hit me from behind. They just took me down and I hit my wrist that I had injured in the first stage,” described Roman who had to change his bike after the crash.“At first, my hand didn’t hurt so much but then it got worse and worse. When I was trying to get back on, there was another crash and then it was impossible for me to catch back. Sadly, it was another unpleasant day at the Tour. Often there is an element of bad luck in getting caught up in a crash and there is nothing I can do about it,” the Astana´s rider admitted.Only Vinokurov arrived at the finish in the first group with all the favorites. Roman had five his teammates at his hand in his group. “I wanted them to hit the front and close the gap but the team decided not to because Vino was in the first group and there was no need. It was their decision and that is the way it is. I´m not saying we would have caught them but we would have reduced the gap, at least,” regretted Roman who lost 3:06min.Stage 7 (Le Mans-Chateauroux, 218 km): 1st Mark Cavendish (GBr/HTC-Highroad) 5:38:53, 2nd Alessandro Petacchi (Ita Lampre), 3rd André Greipel (Ger/Lotto), 4th Romain Feillu (Fra/Vacansoleil), 5th William Bonnet (Fra/FDJ), 6th Denis Galimzjanov (Rus/Katusha), … 149th Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Astana) +3:06.