BRITAIN’S Geraint Thomas suffered a spectacular crash on the 16th stage of the Tour de France as he collided with Warren Barguil on the final descent.The Team Sky rider hit his head on a telegraph pole and fell off the side of the road but was soon back on his bike.

Spain’s Ruben Plaza held off green jersey leader Peter Sagan to win the stage in Gap as Britain’s Chris Froome retained his overall lead.
Sagan finished second for the fifth time in this year’s Tour.
After today’s rest day, the Tour continues tomorrow with a 161km stage starting in Digne-les-Bains.
It was a very sedate stage for the general classification contenders for most of the day but it exploded into life in the final half-hour as they climbed up the Col de Manse before the fast descent into Gap.
Defending champion Vincenzo Nibali had already launched an attack and pulled clear of the yellow jersey group before Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde also attacked Froome.
Froome lost his able lieutenant when Thomas crashed but he still had team-mate Wouter Poels with him and was able to reach the finish without losing any time to any of his major rivals except Nibali, who is seven minutes 49 seconds behind.
Nairo Quintana remains second, three minutes 10 seconds behind Froome, with American Tejay van Garderen in third.