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Carnage reigns at Tour Down Under
As the UniSA-Australia rider crossed the line, a high-speed crash in the backgorund brought the peloton to a halt.
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Australian cyclist Steele Von Hoff won an incident packed stage four of the Tour Down Under.
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French cyclist Lorrenzo Manzin was helped by his teammate after being caught up in the carnage.
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His painful looking wounds a clear indicator of the seriousness of the crash.
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It was estimated that the riders fell at speeds of 70km/h.
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Australian cyclist Nathan Haas carried his bike away from the pile up that occured a few hundred metres away from the finish line.
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While this Katusha rider was forced to drag his bike across the finish line.
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German cyclist Kenny Dehaes grimaces in pain as he forced himself to cross the finish line.
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Earlier, the ocean made a beautiful backdrop as the peloton left Glenelg - the start of stage four.
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The pack moved out onto the Southern Expressway before moving back onto the country roads dominating this race.
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