Comments from Gerrans (OGE)... There were a number of crashes in the third stage of the 2012 Tour. One of the riders involved was Simon Gerrans of the Orica-GreenEdge team. He went off the road and into a barbed wire fence. But he finished the stage and offered some comments on the incident to the media in Boulogne. “I'm not too bad, I could be a heck of a lot worse,” said the Australian champion. He finished 10’37” behind Sagan in the stage and is now in 146th overall. “I was right up the front, in good position, with good sensations and I thought I would have a really red-hot go in the final. Some riders fell on the road, so I went off the road to avoid them. I got up caught up in a bike and just hit the deck from there, I was caught up in the barbed wire fence. Fortunately nothing is serious, no broken bones, so I was able to finish the stage and I will battle on tomorrow.”
All the riders in the recent accident are riding again. It doesn't seem as though Nibali actually came down, rather he was just caught up in a tangle of bikes. He is about to rejoin the peloton thanks to the help of three team-mates.