After 9 stages of the 2010 Tour de France, the field has been ripped apart by crashes and the Alps. The 8th stage brought down Lance Armstrong after 3 crashes and a loss of over 10 minutes. One day of horrible luck in the Tour did what other cyclists couldn't do for seven straight years. The 9th stage started with Cadel Evans of Australia in the yellow jersey but by the end of the day Cadel lost over 8 minutes to Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador. It was also revealed that Evans had suffered a fractured arm on stage 8. Cadel battled to the finish and showed a lot of emotion with teammate Stever Morabito after they crossed the line. Schleck and Contador did battle on the Col de la Madeleine and the fireworks started near the bottom of the climb. While Andy was attacking Contador, the rest of the field went to peices with Lance losing 2:40 and Levi 2:00 by the end of the day. All is lost for Lance, unless we see a repeat of Floyd's dramitic 17th stage performance from 2006, which is unlikely to happen. Stage 10 through 13 are transition stages from the Alpes to the Pyrenees, but nothing is ever easy in the Tour.
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