Armstrong boosted as Beloki crashes out

Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan was the victor today as the centenary Tour de France provided another day of thrills and spills with Spain‘s much-fancied Joseba Beloki eliminated after injuring himself in a fall close to the finish.

Beloki, last year‘s runner-up and arguably the biggest danger to Tour leader Lance Armstrong, had to be taken to hospital after his freak fall a little more than four kilometres from the line.