Hesjedal bows out of Tour de France

Giro d'Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal abandoned the Tour de France ahead of stage seven today.

The Canadian had been tipped as a contender for the yellow jersey, but sustained what his Garmin-Sharp team described as "a massive haematoma on his left hip and leg" on stage six and opted out of the race ahead of the 199-kilometre route from Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles.