Should Thibau Nys be worried after just one Tour de France stage due to 'nasty crash’? "It was horrible"

In a conversation with Eurosport, Nys, who finished third last, more than six minutes behind the winner Jasper Philipsen, looked distraught. “It was horrible. I had prepared myself for the worst, and I think that's what I got. I had a very nasty crash, and it took me a long time to get back. When I got back, the peloton split immediately. Then, I had to utilize a lot of energy in a small group to get back. Then my body kind of shut down. It was a tough day.”

The big question is exactly how badly he is injured because although Nys made it to the finish, his body was battered. He said of the crash: "I need to analyze it better. I saw it from a different perspective than a lot of the other guys, but it was nasty. It was very nervous, and because of the wind, it was very unpredictable. You didn't know when the action would start."

Nys didn't even notice that Philipsen won and that a whole bunch of GC riders lost time. “In the end, I don't know what happened in the final because I was exhausted,” he said. Not a very pleasant introduction to the Tour de France, then, for someone who could have so many chances for success in the first ten days. What did he think of the nervousness? “I expected it, but crashing makes it all worse.”