Virtual GC favorites and their crashes after stage 9

[noflysonme]

Virtual GC favourites and their crashes:
Cadel Evans (BMC Racing), 00", none
Fränk Schleck (Leopard-Trek), 3", none
Andy Schleck (Leopard-Trek), 11", none
Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad), 12", stage 9 crash
Andreas Klöden (RadioShack), 17", 9 back injuries
Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale), 1'10", none
Robert Gesink (Rabobank), 1'35", 5 lower back injuries
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard), 1'41", 5 & 9, knee problems
Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervélo), 2'27", 9 cuts and bruises.
Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), 4'50", 5, 6 & 7
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Cervélo), 7'07", 7
Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack), DNF 5, fractured collarbone
Bradley Wiggins (Sky), DNF 7, fractured collarbone
Chris Horner (RadioShack), 5 & DNS 8, broke his nose
Jurgen Van den Broeck (OmegaPharma-Lotto), DNF 9, fractured shoulder blade
Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana), DNF 9, fractured thighbone

[ultraman6970]

The best it could happen is that contador had a busted knee and retired aswell, and then nobody was able to take a single second from the actual leader.

That situation would mess up AS big time because as i can see BMC team is super strong and he wont be able to get time back from cadel, specially at the ITT.

[firerescuefin]

Bummed about Kloden...I thought he could be THE dark horse.

Tommy D has stayed upright...and should benefit from the attrition.

[qjetha]

I believe Vino broke his elbow as well as his femur. He looked like he was in so much pain when his astana mates carried him out of the forest. Feel for the guy especially after he animated the race yesterday. Bike racing is such an unforgiving sport :(