Tour de France doubt for Sky's Kennaugh after crash

Gold medal winner Thomas Scully (C) of New Zealand stands with compatriot and bronze medal winner Aaron Gate (R) and silver medal winner Peter Kennaugh of the Isle of Man after the men's 40km points cycling race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland July 26, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/Files

LONDON (Reuters) - British Olympic gold-medallist Peter Kennaugh could miss the Tour de France in July after breaking his collarbone in the Tour of California on Tuesday.

The Team Sky rider, who won gold as part of Britain's team pursuit squad on the track at London 2012 and in contention for a place in the squad for Rio this year, crashed near the end of the third stage.

Kennaugh was expected to be a key man in Team Sky's Tour de France campaign in support of defending champion Chris Froome at the July 2-24 stage race.

His crash came on the same day that Team Sky's leader at the Giro d'Italia, Mikel Landa, was forced to abandon because of illness on stage 10.

(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by John O'Brien)