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DAILY RACE COVERAGE: EVANS REVEALS INJURIES
Road Bike Action and AFP
July 14, 2010
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BMC's Cadel Evans (AUS) climbing the Col de la Madeleine with a fractured elbow.
(Photo: Roberto Bettini)
Cadel Evans revealed on Wednesday a fractured elbow and lack of sleep caused him to crack on the climb of the Col de la Madeleine. Evans was injured in a crash at the start of Sunday's stage.
"Sometimes you do everything you can and on the day... I didn't get any recovery since that (injury), I couldn't sleep properly.
"It's not real good being there, with the yellow jersey of the Tour de France, trying to go to sleep at night knowing you have a broken arm.
"Psychologically it's not the easiest thing to confront either."
Evans conceded the yellow jersey and lost over 8 minutes to Andy Schleck on Tuesday's stage of the Tour de France.
 David Millar (UK) shown here at the end of Stage 2 in the 2010 Tour de France. (Photo: Roberto Bettini)
Millar Survives Stage 9, Barely
Garmin-Tranistions David Millar spent a long day in the saddle on Tuesday looking for the "autobus", the groupetto at the back of the race comprised of sprinters and others who look to survive and commiserate on the mountain stages. Unfortunately for Millar, there was no autobus, and he was left to ride almost 205 kilometers alone.
"It was an emotional roller-coaster, and I'm so glad I got through it,"said Millar, at the start of Wednesday's 10th stage from Chambery to Gap.
Millar has been riding with bruised ribs and a stomach bug for the past few days. One of Britain's greats, Millar has become a mentor and a support rider for the US based Garmin-Transitions team. Millar pulled himself together despite back spasms and pains in his side as Tour fans encouraged him over the climbs.
"The people helped me enormously. At first it's a bit embarrassing. I
was actually ashamed. But after a while I realised that everyone was really rooting for me, telling me to keep going and not to abandon."
Millar, the last rider to finish, narrowly escaped being eliminated by the time cut, and admitted
the performance represented "a brand new entry into my top five worst-ever
days on a bike".
 Lance Armstrong in Stage 9 of the 2010 Tour de France. (Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
Armstrong and Others Subpoenaed
Grand jury subpoenas have been delivered to Lance Armstrong and others according to a website article by the New York Times.
In May after his team was denied a spot in the Tour of California, Floyd Landis, a former US Postal teammate to Lance Armstrong, publicly admitted to and accused Armstrong and others of systematic doping.
US authorities are taking allegations by former US Postal teammate Floyd Landis seriously and have launched an investigation into possible fraud in conjunction with doping.
Floyd Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title when he tested positive for doping. Landis went as far as to write a book claiming innocence before finally admitting to doping in May. Armstrong has never tested positive for doping and denies the allegations.
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