CYCLING:TEAM SKY could take legal action over the incident in which their Spanish rider Juan Antonio Flecha was injured when hit by a television technician's car on Sunday. The team said they were investigating the accident, which is also the subject of an inquiry by police in the town of Aurillac.

Vacansoleil, the team of the other rider injured, Johnny Hoogerland, were also not ruling out legal action, although they said yesterday it was “not a priority”.

Jean-Pascal Violet, the public prosecutor for Aurillac, said police had begun interviewing witnesses and the driver of the car. Violet said his investigation team were acting quickly to interview anyone involved in the crash including, if possible, the riders, before the Tour de France moved on and witnesses left the area.