Today's first alpine stage, which shook up the overall rankings, was definitely a day for crashes as well. Oscar Pereiro crashed out after tumbling over a guardrail, and then 20 feet below to the pavement on the other side of a hairpin turn. And then later on, about 25 riders fell making their way through a roundabout. What was odd about that pileup, was that it happened on both sides of the roundabout at the same time, after the peloton split right and left to pass through. Which leads us to today's tidbit:
Tattoo: the nickname riders give to the punctures and cuts left by the bike chain rings' teeth during a crash.
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