Rest day comes at last

A blessed rest day for the Tour de France allows riders a great chance to recuperate around the relative luxury of trainers, masseures, and vehicles that are powered by pedals.

It has been a tour littered with crashes thus far, and none more so than yesterday after a number of riders crashed out on high-speed decents.

Stuart O'Grady could still manage a smile though:

Link: Aussie grit

.. while the likes of Vinokourov and Kloden will be hoping that their bodies can recover in preparation for a return to the saddle tomorrow. Vino, in particular, was clearly struggling on yesterday's climb up to Tignes.