"Guys that it, it's over. Brad has a broken collarbone"
These are the words that echoed through the remaining Team sky riders after another huge crash ended Bradley Wiggins' superb form and shattered all his hopes of a podium finish come Paris.
So what will Sky do now? Well they could put all their energy into sprints and other stage wins; or they could start working for Rogoberto Uran as new team leader. Whatever they do this is awful for them and can only be put down to bad luck. It's not nice for anybody to crash and be hurt, but when its a GC hopeful as well-liked as Brad then it's a terrible shame.
In a week where Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer and Samuel Sanchez all lose time from crashes as well as Tom Boonen abandoning and French champion Sylvain Chavanel hurting and struggling; you have to wonder if forcing a group of 180+ riders through small winding roads is safe. They may be supermen when it comes to cycling but they are still human.
Hopefully the rest of the tour won't be marred by this weeks events but there will certainly be aftershocks. Those who have lost time will have to attack hard through the mountains, however the likes of Andy Schleck who is still only on 12" could just sit back and defend.
Horrifying or fantastic, we'll have to wait and see.
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