no no no, he didn't crash or anything!
(knock wood, pinch of salt over shoulder)

...but he recently found out that his trusty sidekick Tugboat has cancer and will have to be put down tomorrow

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...l04/jul14news4

Recent photos of Tug ( http://www.tylerhamilton.com/ ) showed that he was getting pretty long in the tooth and one could presume it was inevitable, but it so sucks that it had to happen in the middle of the Tour, it doesn't give Tyler much of a chance to come to terms with losing his longtime companion.

Well, Tyler's proven before how tough he is in the face of adversity. What a bummer, though!

- Jo.