Yeh, the crowds do get pretty mental at the top of the big climbs but as far as i can remember there haven't been too many crashes.

A few years back a Telekom rider called Guerini was stroming out ahead up the mountain when a fan stepped right in to his path trying to get a photo of him. Guerini crashed to the floor but still managed to win the stage.

A few days later the German camera guy met up with Guerini and apologised to him face to face, but the best thing was the picture he actually took. It was a big blur of Guerini's face close up, with loads of sunshine in the back ground! It was useless!

I think Armstong actually admitted in an interview yesterday he was too close to the barriers and normally would ride much nearer the middle. Still, no broken bones, and boy did it add to the excitment of the race.