Giro d'Italia 2010

Oh dear...

30km - Christian Vande Velde and Marzio Bruseghin involved in a heavy crash as the front group is strung out in single file as they ride along the coast.

25km - Vande Velde, who has finished fourth and eighth in the last two editions of the Tour de France, was holding his shoulder and has been forced to abandon. A big blow for the Garmin rider.

And it gets worse...

15km - A crash in the front group and four Sky riders are on the floor including Bradley Wiggins and Dario David Cioni, the Brit takes some time to get the chain back on his bike. Pablo Lastras Garcia is slow in gettting up...