Well, he blew a tire on the cobblestones, in a section where he had to wait a long time for a replacement tire. That was just bad luck.
And the 1st and 3rd crashes weren’t his own doing today, just held him up.
The 2nd crash does appear to be something he could have avoided on his own, clipping his pedal was his own doing.
But this tour has had more than it’s share of people crashing and taking out dozens of other riders.
It’s almost like a jinxed tour. Oil on the track? A reporter stepping in front of a rider AFTER the finish line?
Yeah, and I'd also really like to see a verrrry slow-mo replay of that Euskatel-caused crash, too. No question I am hyper-cynical & overly-suspicious and I'm not saying anything untoward happened in that particular crash, but how hard would it be for teams (or merely unethical rogue riders with lots of betting money on the line perhaps) to take out contenders like that?