Samuel Sanchez was forced to abandon the 2012 Tour de France after a crash on Stage 8.

The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider was in tears as he sat on the tarmac with what looked like a broken collarbone.

The Spaniard's hopes of defending his Olympic Road Race title in London in three weeks' time must be in serious jeopardy, depending on the severity of the injury.

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