Tyler is a tough man. He got up and finished the stage, but he was a full 3:13 behind prologue winner Thor Hushovd. Farrar has soldiered on in Paris-Nice, and currently stands 123rd out of 132 in the general classification.

Maxime Lescrainier (www.maxio.fr) captured the crash on his home video camera, and agreed to share it with the CycleTo audience.

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