Hand and wrist fractures end Froome's Tour de France challenge

"MRIs done, confirmed fractures to the left wrist & right hand. Time for some R&R," the Team Sky rider said on his Twitter feed on Friday.

Froome quit the race after the second of two crashes on Wednesday's rain-soaked fifth stage from Ypres to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut.

(Reporting By Tony Goodson, editing by Pritha Sarkar)