NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Sadly this is what today's stage of the tour ended like. After a stellar ride and overall win at the Tour de Suisse, Frank Schleck is out of the Tour de France. He will be sorely missed in the mountains when Andy needs his help, but it may not be the curtain call for Andy and his Saxo Bank team as they have already shown by mostly riding in complete control for the past 3 days. Unfortunately, today disaster struck.
I don't know what it is about the Grand Tours thus far this year, but it seems that no one is safe in the first handful of days. Maybe starting in Holland is just bad luck, but with only three days behind us now there are way too many riders out of the race. At least 5 teams have lost riders and time will only tell who is ready to start tomorrow morning.
Hopefully the next few days will see fewer riders laying on the ground.
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