Tour de France 2014: Chris Froome crashes out – in pictures

Just after the start of stage four from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille, Jesus Herrada Lopez, left, and Bauke Mollema, right, pick themselves up off the road after being in a crash that also involved Chris Froome Photograph: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

The result of the crash Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Race doctor Florence Pommerie applies a bandage to Froomes grazed knee Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

A patched up Froome rode more than 100 miles to the finish in Lille battered and bleeding Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

A thumbs up from Chris Froome as he leaves the medical mobile centre. He was cleared to resume racing following an X-ray after grazing his left hip and damaging a wrist Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

After the crash in the fourth stage, Froome is the centre of the journalists's attention ahead of the start of 96.3 mile long 5th stage between Ypres in Belgium and Arenberg in France. He is sporting a wrist splint on his left wrist Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Froome crashed due to the wet conditions and that graze on his right thigh loops quite deep. That put him 1min 10sec behind but he was able to recover back to the peloton Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

Just as he had got back into the flow of the race and had been dragged up to the front by his team-mates he crashed again and he looks in pain Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

Froome limps to his team car Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

Team Sky members check on the condition of their man Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

A grimace comes across the face of the defending champion as he gets into the team car and abandons the race Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

The grimace is replace by a look of despair Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

A battered Froome arrives at his hotel in Marcq-en-Barul. He tweeted "Devastated to have to withdraw. Injured wrist and tough conditions made controlling my bike near to impossible." Photograph: Jacques Radix/AFP/Getty Images