Tour Stages 2 and 3 - Crashes

[David]

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Tour Stages 2 and 3 - Crashes

Stage 2
Rainy weather caused many crashes, including several favorites:
Lance Armstrong
Alberto Contador
Andy and Frank Schleck
Christian Vande Velde - out of race
According to Armstrong, "There was something on the road. We could not stay on our bikes. I've never seen anything like that. As I got up and got going again it was a bit surreal. You got to the bottom [of the hill] to take stock of the situation and you didn't know what to do."
Stage 3
Cobblestones knocked a few more down -- literally and timewise.
Frank Schleck is now out of the race following another fall.
Armstrong has slipped to 18th place.