Tough On The Tour...

The first 4 stages of this years Tour de France have been tough. Just take a look at some of these images from The Guardian...

Ouch!.... Frenchman Lloyd Mondory of Agr2 La-Mondiale gets some serious gravel rash.

Garmin Transitions' top sprinter Tyler Farrar (USA) holds his arm in agony.

Going down on the cobbles.

Mathias Frank ended his debut tour on the rain-soaked prologue with a split lip, broken thumb and torn muscles in his left thigh