Jens Voigt has had a bad crash in stage 16 - he hit a slight dip in the road and lost control, wheels sliding out from under him, on a very fast descent. He hit his head hard and slid out on his right side. He didn't finish the stage, but was taken directly to the hospital. Possible head trauma - he was unconscious for a while, but came around. Hospital says he can move his arms and legs. Riis says his injuries are serious.

BE OK, JENS!!! Be ok.

Story from velonews:
http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/95591/voigt-injured-in-crash

And pics - it looks bad (scroll down):
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=88232141#

Have to say, I pretty much lost my enthusiasm for the rest of what was an exciting stage.

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Sounds like Jens is going to be OK. I'm relieved. And very sad he's out of the tour.

Here's a good story about him, even if it does read a bit too much like an obituary:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2009/columns/story?id=4344207