All chopped up

They say risk is part of cyclists' everyday life. Mikel Astarloza would no doubt vouch for that. Cooking earlier today at his home in San Sebastián, the former Tour de France stage-winner unintentionally cut his left thumb - and required an impressive seven stitches for it. The pic above, posted at the rider's own twitter account some hours ago, shows that eloquently. Luckily for him, the Mallorca Challenge is still some five weeks off, so it won't jeopardize his start to the season.