Pereiro out with broken arm

This image shows just how far Oscar Pereiro fell

This image shows just how far Oscar Pereiro fell (Image credit: AFP)

Spaniard Oscar Pereiro's Tour de France ended Sunday when the Caisse d'Epargne rider crashed on the descent from the Col Agnel. Pereiro crashed over the barricade on a rain-slickened switchback and fell down a rocky embankment to the lower part of the road. He suffered a displaced fracture to his left humerus, the bone between the elbow and the shoulder.

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