Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Cycling - Road - Men's Road Race - Final - Tokyo to Fuji International Speedway, Japan - July 24, 2021. Geraint Thomas of Britain after sustaining an injury during the Men's Road Race. Pool via Reuters/Tim de Waele
TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Geraint Thomas said he "must have done something wrong in a previous life" after his hopes of a first Olympic road race medal were wiped out by yet another crash on Saturday.
The Welsh former Tour de France champion was tipped as a medal prospect on a 234-km course packed with brutal climbs, but he hit the deck early on in a crash also involving fellow team member Tao Geoghegan Hart.
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