Rain causes Tour carnage

The Tour de France peloton met a second day of destruction as rain-soaked roads wreaked havoc on the second stage from Brussels to Spa.

The 201-kilometre stage from the Belgian capital through spring classics country encountered wet weather, which made the descents of the 97th Tour’s first six climbs treacherous – even forcing Lance Armstrong to contemplate why he was still riding two months prior to his 39th birthday.