US and Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) and top sprinter Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) have abandoned the Tour de France Femmes, with several crashes marring the opening 100km of stage 5.
Faulkner has battled through bad luck throughout the race, affected by illness in the run-in, and crashing twice during the first four stages, determined to help her teammates.
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