Team Armstrong loses to Saxo Bank at the Tour

Lance Armstrong, Tour de France 2010 stage 3
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The old days of Lance Armstrong's team controlling the Tour de France are over. His RadioShack team suffered at the hands of Saxo Bank in Tuesday's stage three to Arenberg, letting Andy Schleck's Saxo Bank hammer at the head over the cobbled roads.

Without RadioShack at the front, Armstrong was vulnerable to losing time to crashes or mechanicals. In sector four, Sars-et-Rosières, disaster struck. Andy Schleck's brother, Fränk, crashed and held up Armstrong. Unlike many other favourites, though, Armstrong lost further time to a punctured tyre.

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