Sastre not injured

Like GC contenders Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Klöden, CSC's Carlos Sastre found himself on the deck during the fifth stage to Autun. However he was unharmed and quickly returned to the bunch.

"I am completely okay after the crash," the friendly Spaniard said. "Today my goal was to survive, not to lose time, to stay in the first group and nothing more. It was a hard day for everybody, it was not easy, it was windy, it was up and down and using roads with rough asphalt. It was not easy. But I feel okay so far."

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