Kuchynski suffers fractured wrist on Tour

Belarusian Aliaksandr Kuchynski will try to continue in the Tour de France despite suffering a fractured bone in his wrist during a crash on the race's fifth stage, his Katusha team said Friday.

Kuchynski was diagnosed with a fractured scaphoid bone in his right wrist after undergoing scans at Reims hospital late Thursday. It followed a crash at the end of the 196 km stage from Rouen to Saint Quentin which took down several riders.

Germany's Tony Martin, the world time trial champion who rides for Omega-Pharma, suffered the same kind of injury on Sunday's opening stage but has managed to continue in the race. AFP