They may as well call this year's Tour, the Tour of the Dog. Not only because of the doping scandals, but also because of the unleashed animals on the side of the road causing problems for the riders. We had Marcus Burghardt make an anti-commercial for carbon wheels with the help of a yellow Lab. Then in today's stage, the breakaway group met up with a chocolate Lab, who took down two riders, Frederik Willems of Liquigas and Sandy Casar of FdJ.
 | Here we see the chocolate Labrador just casually cross the road, as the riders are going full speed. |
 | Casar nicked the dog going around it and Willems broadsided it. Willems then collided with Casar as they both went down hard. |
 | And finally we see the dog running away while Casar gets his bike in order. |
Casar went on to win the stage, but Willems took a little longer to collect himself, and rejoined the peloton. Maybe next year the Tour organizers will introduce a leashing fine for dog owners, because we've had two incidents this year that may have altered the outcome of their respective stages.
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