Lance avoids the fallen Beloki...heads into a field.

I promise, this is the last photo of this terrible accident. I forgot to mention what the linked article below pointed out: the great Eddy Merckx was only really challenged by another great cyclist, Luis Ocana. Virtually the exact same thing occured over 30 years ago (except at that time Ocana was leading by nine minutes, this week Lance was leading):

But it was riding for the Bic team in the 1971 Tour that Oca?a sealed his place among the cycling greats, when he took almost nine minutes out of Merckx on the stage to Orcieres, in the Alps. Three stages later, almost certain victory turned to disaster in the stormy Pyrenees when Oca?a crashed out of the race, leaving Merckx to complete a third consecutive Tour win.

More on the Ocana story, including his tragic suicide here.