Lance Armstrong involved in crash at Tour de France
Written by playerpress.com, Monday July 05 2010
On a day filled with dozens of nerve racking crashes, Lance Armstrong bloodied his thigh in a tumble to the asphalt Monday.
Armstrong returned to the RadioShack team bus with his leg and hip scraped, an elbow aching, his team outfit torn. Many riders suspect a mixture of motor oil and water on the roads was to blame.
"You had people everywhere. It was surreal. When I got back on my bike ... I saw crash, after crash, after crash," Armstrong said, noting riders laid out on the ground. "It was like war."
With so many riders downed in crashes, organizers said they briefly considered canceling the stage altogether. But under the race rules, the spills were too spread out to warrant a cancellation.
Armstrong and defending champion Alberto Contador of
The rainy second stage was eventually won by new race leader Sylvain Chavanel of
Armstrong is in fifth place overall, 3:19 behind.
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