Quartet crash in stage 2 mayhem

Euskaltel, like most other teams, suffered badly in today's second stage. As most of you know by now, an incredible number of falls took place on the descent off the Stockeu, and Euskaltel did not get away easily. Egoi, Iñaki, Alan and JJ all took bad tumbles. The latter will be feeling especially agreeved having hit the deck yesterday as well. But most importantly no one seems to be seriously injured and they'll all line up for tomorrow's stage to Arenberg. Luckily GC hope Samu avoided the crashes, ever the supreme bike handler. Still, he wasn't in the front group coming down the climb. In that select group, in which Cancellara, forever to his discredit, demanded a go-slow, only Amets and Gorka were present as far as I could see. But due to Cancellara's disgraceful actions, Samu, like most others, reconnected and lost no time to his rival GC contenders. Alan lost 9:49 though, and JJ 13:38, but that's not really of importance. What outrages me is how one rider can be allowed to decide the outcome of the race. It's a scandal, a complete farce. How can this happen? Why weren't they allowed to sprint for second? Why were some riders allowed to ride on while some had to wait? It's stupidity, corruption, probably both, I don't know, and it once again tarnishes cycling's image. In what other sport would this be possible? It's embarassing. Could you ever imagine, say, the Netherlands-Uruguay game tomorrow being declared a draw midway through because the Uruguay captain doesn't want to play the game as, for example, Forlán gets injured or sent off and the ref goes along with it? It's the same thing, and it's shocking, sad and blatantly disrespectul to see. They say cyclists are professionals. Well they certainly didn't look like it. Some of them, and you know who, looked like big-headed, self-absorbed five-year-olds. I thought the time of Lance policing and calling all the shots mafia-style in the peloton was gone. Well, guess what, it's back, but this time it's Cancellara. This really is the Tour de Farce, isn't it?