Australian cyclist Robbie McEwen and Stuart O'Grady predicted the first few days of the Tour de France would be carnage, Australia's media reported on Tuesday. 'And they were proven right as a stray dog brought down some big names on a day the finish in Brussels, which resembled a demolition derby,' Sydney Morning Herald reported, referring to the stage two of Tour de France which held on Monday. A dog strayed into the path of the charging bunch on the main road through the town of Haamstede of Belgium, taking out Liquigas team captain Ivan Basso, Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Kloeden (RadioShack) and Briton David Millar (Garmin Transitions) 60km into the 223.5km stage. 'I smacked my right knee, causing some cuts and abrasions,' Basso told Herald. 'Falling is never pleasant, but I hope to avoid risks in the coming days.' According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the biggest casualty as far as the Australians have been concerned was 29-year-old Adam Hansen, a former mountain biker from state Cairns who was making his debut at the Tour for HTC-Columbia. Hansen, who was involved in a separate accident, suffered a broken sternum, broken left collarbone, broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder, but he still managed to get back on his bike to finish the stage. 'But Hansen's Tour is over after scans revealed the broken bones. He was transferred from Brussels to BUKH, a specialist injury trauma hospital in Hamburg, Germany,' Herald said. Three separate crashes in the final mad dash for position in the bunch sprint has left the area in front of Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium resembling a war zone as the injured and bloodied limped home. Among the casualties were pre-stage favorites Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) and Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions), who both hit the pavement. 'The second crash accounted for scores of riders inside the final 1000m as an unidentified rider, possibly suffering a mechanical problem, hit the deck and brought down virtually the entire peloton,' Herald reported. McEwen, who finished fourth on Monday, said: 'If you thought Sunday was eventful, just wait another 48 hours for some colossal cobbled madness. The cobbles on stage three (Tuesday), you'll see way more carnage than you've seen today.' 