Stage 3 of the Tour de France saw Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez out-duel other big names on the uphill finish to take the stage victory, but what happened before Monday's four late climbs overshadowed the late battles.

A heavy crash with about 37 miles remaining in the stage saw 20 riders go down, including leader Fabian Cancellara, who ceded the yellow jersey after tumbling hard and eventually withdrew after tests revealed fractured vertebra.

Here's a look at some of the damage resulting from the high-speed pileup, which caused five total riders to abandon the race and saw the peloton neutralized and then stopped altogether for nearly 20 minutes at the base of the first climb.

A tangled mass of bikes and bodies was strewn across the road after riders were unable to stop or avoid an initial crash by FDJ rider William Bonnet of France. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

Some of the riders involved met with a pole alongside the road, while others fell into the grass along the shoulder or skidded across the pavement. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

The massive crash caused positioning in the peloton to be neutralized for a time, and the entire field was eventually stopped, a decision that drew the ire of some team organizers. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

A touch of wheels put William Bonnet down first, and he got the worst of the accident before being loaded into a medical van in a neck brace. Reuters/Eric Gaillard

Lotto-Jumbo rider Laurens ten Dam of the Netherlands dislocated his shoulder in the crash, but he got back on the bike and finished the stage after it was popped back into place. Reuters/Benoit Tessier

Many riders, such as Belgium's Johan Van Summeren, were lucky to escape with nothing worse than some bad road rash. Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images