Le Tour De France is now in full swing and has been the inspiration for me to start this brand new blog. My first note must be on congratulating Team Sky for winning their first stage in this Grand Tour. The victory was claimed by Edvald Boasson Hagen after Geraint Thomas performed a superb lead out for the Norwegian who out-sprinted Matty Goss to snatch the stage win. But 24 hours later, Team Sky's elation turned to misery for one man in particular, Bradley Wiggins. When a tailwind upped the pace of the peloton a big crash floored numerous riders as they all tried to get to the front, but to the horror of UK fans all over the world the main casualty was British champion Bradley Wiggins.
Almost the entire Sky team waited and waited for Wiggins to get back on his bike but he was clutching his right arm in too much pain. The high flying Brit couldn't continue and was rushed into an ambulance. A promising Tour ended by serious misfortune. Wiggins, their team leader will now take no further part in the 2011 Tour and their chances of taking France by storm was dealt another big blow as White jersey contender Geraint Thomas came over the line 3 minutes back along with 80 other riders effected by the crash, handing the honour of the young riders jersey over to Robert Gesink.
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