A look at who’s out of the Tour de France after a series of crashes through the first eight stages (includes cyclist, country, team, injury)
Stage 3:
- Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Belarus (Sky), broken left shin
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- Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain (Movistar), broken collarbone
- Maarten Tjallingii, Netherlands (Rabobank), broken left hip
Stage 5:
- Marcel Kittel, Germany (Argos-Shimano), stomach trouble
Stage 6:
- Amets Txurruka, Spain (Euskaltel-Euskadi), broken collarbone
- Ryder Hesjedal, Canada (Garmin-Sharp), injured left leg and hip
- Robert Hunter, South Africa (Garmin-Sharp), injured spine
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez, Spain (Movistar), injured knee
- Imanol Erviti, Spain (Movistar), injured knee
- Hubert Dupont, France (AG2R-La Mondiale), broken bones, sprained ankle
- Maarten Wynants, Belgium (Rabobank), broken ribs, perforated lung
- Oscar Freire, Spain, (Katusha), punctured lung, broken rib
- Tom Danielson, U.S. (Garmin-Sharp), separated left shoulder, sprained neck, chest contusion, deep abrasions.
- Wouter Poels, Netherlands (Vacansoleil), broken ribs, torn kidney and spleen, bruised lungs
- David Vigano, Italy (Lampre), broken collarbone
- Mikel Astarloza, Spain (Euskaltel-Euskadi), injured elbow
- Johannes Froehlinger, Germany (Argos-Shimano), broken finger
Stage 7:
- Anthony Delaplace, France (Saur-Sojasun), broken wrist
Stage 8:
- Samuel Sanchez, Spain (Euskaltel-Euskadi), broken collarbone
- Gorka Verdugo, Spain (Euskaltel-Euskadi), injured hip
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