Greg Henderson: “I have two broken ribs and they expand...”

With two stage victories in five days, André Greipel is very successful at this Tour de France even though he's missing the help of lead out man Greg Henderson who is injured. “The plan is to finish today”, the New Zealander told letour.com prior to the start. “It's the breathing that's the problem. If it's just riding along in the peloton, it's alright. But when I go full gas against crosswind or uphill, I can't breathe. I have two broken ribs and they expand so much that I'm in big trouble when it gets super hard. There's an improvement this morning from yesterday morning. Yesterday I didn't have a smile on my face because of the cobbles and the bruising that came out from the first crash. I feel better this morning. But I can't even put my clothes on. The way to do it is just to keep suffering, brother… I have five stitches here and two here, but I can't be bothered with those.”