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MARSEILLE, France -- Victorias Ryder Hesjedal is continuing to race in the Tour de France despite the pain of a broken rib. His Garmin-Sharp team says he suffered the injury in a crash during the races first stage over the weekend. Hesjedal says he had been uncomfortable since the accident and an X-ray confirmed the fracture Wednesday. "A lot of times with rib injuries fractures dont show up right away so waiting until today we were able to confirm whats going on," Hesjedal said in a statement. "Theres not much you can do about a fractured rib except for deal with the discomfort so that is what Ive been doing and will keep doing." The broken rib comes after Hesjedal was forced to withdraw from the Tour de Suisse last month due to injuries suffered in a crash. In May, he pulled out of the Giro dItalia -- a race he won in 2012 -- due to illness. Hesjedals teammate Christian Vande Velde crashed in Stage 5 Wednesday. "Ryder and Tom are both OK, so were happy about that," said Garmin-Sharp director sportif Charly Wegelius. "Well need to see how Christian does tonight and well make the call in the morning on whether or not he can start." The team doctor said tests showed a blood clot in Vande Veldes neck muscle and a loosened screw -- from a previous injury -- in his clavicle plate. "From what we can tell, it is possible that the screw may have jabbed a muscle," said Prentice Steffen. "Preliminary X-rays do not show a fracture but it probably flexed a bit in the crash and disrupted a screw." Jason Williams Jersey . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. 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MADRID -- Real Madrid solved one of its problems during its trip to Germany in the Champions League: Cristiano Ronaldo made peace with coach Zinedine Zidane.Now it needs to find a way to start winning again.The 2-2 draw at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday was the third consecutive for Madrid in all competitions, raising questions about the teams potential to repeat as Champions League champion, and to end a four-year title drought in the Spanish league.I am frustrated, Zidane said. We played a good game in attack and defense and it was a great effort from everyone. We played the game we wanted. At the end, the same (draw) again, its the third match. Im frustrated for the players because its undeserved.Dortmunds equalizer came in the 87th minute, when Madrid appeared in control.One of the positives that came out of the result was that Zidane got a much warmer handshake from Ronaldo, who created a bit of turmoil after going on a little rant because of his substitution in the league setback at Las Palmas on Saturday. He didnt even look at Zidane while reaching for the coachs extended hand on the sidelines.After scoring Madrids first goal in Dortmund, he immediately pointed to the bench and rushed to celebrate with his teammates. He also exchanged a moment with Zidane, apparently trying to erase doubts about any problems in their relationship.Ronaldo and his teammates have been struggling to put together the type of top-notch performances that led them to the Euroopean final last season, failing to capitalize on scoring opportunities and being unable to put games away.ddddddddddddWe need one more goal. When you are only one goal in front, things like this can happen, Zidane said. We are in a slump but we will keep working, and we will change things soon.Madrids first draw was at home against Villarreal, and then it tied Las Palmas after conceding a late goal. In its Champions League opener against Sporting Lisbon, it was losing until the 89th when it rallied to win.Madrid remains unbeaten, and is in decent shape both in the Champions League and La Liga, but new setbacks could start putting Zidanes team in a difficult position in both competitions. Madrid is tied with Dortmund atop Group F with four points from two matches. It leads the league after six games, one point ahead of Barcelona.Madrids next chance to snap its winless streak is on Sunday in La Liga against Eibar at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.Even though weve drawn the last two games in the league, we dont want to keep playing badly, Madrid midfielder James Rodrigues said. On Sunday, we have to go out looking for a win.All three draws came against teams with yellow uniforms. Eibars colors are blue and purple.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '