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Originally Posted by thealmighty
What exactly happened? My Tivo taping went off several minutes before the end of the broadcast. Up to where I saw, he was up and coasting with everyone else after the finish.
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The sponsor of the Green Jersey competition passed out these green plastic/cardboard "hands" for the fans to wave about. With Hincappie's bonus to overcome, Hushovd had to finish top three to retain the yellow. He was going for it. He bolted inside to pass Boonen, I think, and in doing so he got too close to he crowd leaning over the railings, and waving those green hands. One of the hands caught him across the arm, and gave him what one could describe as the most serious paper cut you can imagine. He finished the stage of course, but he was bleeding pretty seriously. There was a shot of him on his back, blood all over the Yellow Jersey, with some guy applying pressure to the wound. It looked a lot worse than it apparently was. The team is saying he'll be fine.