Scott Thwaites crashed out of his first World Tour race for Team NetApp Endura.
The Burley-in-Wharfedale cyclist had to have stitches in a cut to his arm after falling in the Gent Wevelgem race in Belgium on Sunday.
Thwaites wrote on Twitter: " Disappointed to crash out of my first World Tour race. I'll live to fight another day."
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