American Tyler Hamilton will start today's second stage of the Tour de France despite breaking his collarbone yesterday.
The CSC team leader suffered the injury in a crash near the end of the yesterday's first stage.
Spaniard Jose-Enrique Guttierez was the first to fall, sparking a mass pile-up in which dozens of riders came off their bikes, including four-times champion Lance Armstrong.
Hamilton (30) was taken to hospital with serious pain in his right shoulder and was later diagnosed with a broken collarbone without dislocation.
The American has a history of shoulder problems and finished second in the Giro last year with a broken left shoulder.
American Levi Leipheimer has pulled out of the Tour after suffering a hip injury in the crash.
Frenchman Jimmy Casper sustained concussion after coming down in the crash but will start today.