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Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti - Editor: Pete Geyer

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2010 Tour de Suisse Stage 4:  With some 15 riders having hit the deck in a violent crash, holding up most of the peloton, Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) rolls in for the stage win.
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Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Coyot is taken away by ambulance with multiple injuries.
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Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo Test Team) and Gerald Ciolek (Milram) on the ground.
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Ciolek, right, is back on his feet.
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Haussler would be taken to hospital.  He is out of the race.
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Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack) was among the riders who went down.
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Popovych appears to have hurt a finger.
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Race leader Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) looks for teammate Cavendish.
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The race jury ruled that Cavendish caused the crash and penalized the sprinter 30 seconds.
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Tony Martin
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Lance Armstrong, center.  According to Wednesday's L'Equipe, Armstrong was involved in the crash but was not injured.
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Frank Schleck (Saxo Bank).
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Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) on the victory podium.
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Tony Martin and podium girls.
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