GB's Georgi fractured neck and broke hand in crash

Georgi was 45th in the general classification going into stage five

British cyclist Pfeiffer Georgi suffered neck fractures and a broken hand when she crashed on stage five of the Tour de France Femmes.

Georgi, 23, went down in a mass pile-up with 6.3km to go on Thursday and was forced to abandon the Tour.

Her team, DSM-Firmenich PostNL, confirmed on Friday she was likely to be sidelined for "at least the next four weeks" but would not require surgery.

"We are very sad to lose Pfeiffer due to yesterday's hard crash," DSM-Firmenich PostNL coach Albert Timmer said.

"She is not only important during the race as our road captain but also off the bike she brings a lot to the group, so this is a big loss for us as a team."

Georgi competed for Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics, finishing fifth in the women's road race.

She had been 45th in the general classification going into stage five of the Tour de France Femmes.

Team doctor Camiel Aldershof said: "After her hard crash yesterday at the Tour de France Femmes, Pfeiffer went to hospital to thoroughly assess her injuries.

"The evaluations showed fractures of the neck that fortunately do not require surgery and a fracture in her right hand."

Kerbaol wins stage six to close in on Niewiadoma

France's Cedrine Kerbaol won Friday's stage six of the Tour de France Femmes to move up to second in the general classification.

Kerbaol, 23, rode solo and held off the peloton, with second-placed Marianne Vos of the Netherlands 21 seconds back, outsprinting Germany's Liane Lippert who came third.

Kerbaol's win moves her above American Kristen Faulkner, who won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics, and Dutch cyclist Puck Pieterse.

It means Kerbaol sits 16 seconds behind overall leader Katarzyna Niewiadoma from Poland.

Saturday's stage seven, the penultimate stage, heads to the Alps with the riders tackling a 166.4km course from Champagnole to Le Grand-Bornand.