Britain鈥檚 Bradley Wiggins in Stage 8 of the Tour de France on Sunday, surviving a weekend of carnage that claimed Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sanchez and defending Giro d鈥橧talia winner Ryder Hesjedal. Peter Sagan easily won his third stage of the tour Friday after a massive, late-breaking pile-up that injured pre-race favorites Frank Schleck, Robert Gesink, and Hesjedal. While all three would go on to start the following day, Hesjedal dropped out mid-stage, bringing the total number of abandons following Friday鈥檚 crash to 12. Team Sky further depleted the rank of leading contenders Saturday by setting a brutal pace up the finishing climb. Kenyan Chris Froome took the stage win, while Wiggins kept the yellow jersey. Sanchez was the primary victim Sunday after crashing out with a fractured hand. Despite the injury, Sanchez insists that he will “do everything possible” to . Another victim of Friday鈥檚 70kph crash, Wout Poels, may lose a kidney after suffering a ruptured kidney and spleen, bruised lung, and three broken ribs.
Read more at .