Chaotic finale as Tour de France team bus blocks finish line

A team at the Tour De France has been fined 2,000 Swiss Francs (£1,400) after its bus blocked the finish line to the opening stage, leading to a chaotic finale.

Cyclists were left battered and bruised after a huge crash which followed the Orica-GreenEdge vehicle getting wedged under the finish line banner.

Panicked officials tried to free the bus after it got stuck just minutes before riders were to cross the line.

Organisers decided to move the finish line forward 3km so that riders would have a clear end to the stage, from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia on Corsica.

But then they told riders they had restored the original route because the bus, which had apparently taken a wrong turn, had finally moved on.

Moments after the announcement was relayed to cyclists, a huge crash happened in the suburbs in the town of Bastia, a few kilometres from the finish line.

The smash brought down dozens of riders including pre-race favourite Alberto Contador.

One of the cyclists, Tony Martin suffered a concussion and a contusion on his left lung. He also has soft tissue damages on his hip, chest, left knee and shoulder, and also on his back. Furthermore, he has a very deep wound 5cm wide on his left elbow that reaches his muscles, which causes a lot of pain and a problem moving his arm.