Greipel wins 4th stage as Cavendish hits the tarmac
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July 5, 2012, Thursday
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GERMAN Andre Greipel won the fourth stage of the Tour de France after Mark Cavendish crashed close to the finish and did not contest the final sprint yesterday.
World champion Cavendish fell off his bike amid a massive pile-up with less than 3-kilometers left and crossed the line long after Greipel had outsprinted Italian Alessandro Petacchi. It was Lotto-Belisol rider Greipel's second Tour stage win after he prevailed in the 10th stage last year.
Tom Veelers of the Netherlands took third place while Swiss Fabian Cancellara, who narrowly avoided the pile-up, retained the overall leader's yellow jersey at the end of the 214.5-km ride from Abbeville.
Slovakian Peter Sagan, who won the first and third stages, took fifth place and retained the green jersey for the points classification. A breakaway group of three was reined in with less than 9km to go as the peloton geared up for the expected mass sprint.
Meanwhile, Danish cyclist Alex Rasmussen has been banned from the London Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport imposed an 18-month suspension for violating anti-doping rules.
Rasmussen said it was "an unfair decision so close to the Olympics."
World champion Cavendish fell off his bike amid a massive pile-up with less than 3-kilometers left and crossed the line long after Greipel had outsprinted Italian Alessandro Petacchi. It was Lotto-Belisol rider Greipel's second Tour stage win after he prevailed in the 10th stage last year.
Tom Veelers of the Netherlands took third place while Swiss Fabian Cancellara, who narrowly avoided the pile-up, retained the overall leader's yellow jersey at the end of the 214.5-km ride from Abbeville.
Slovakian Peter Sagan, who won the first and third stages, took fifth place and retained the green jersey for the points classification. A breakaway group of three was reined in with less than 9km to go as the peloton geared up for the expected mass sprint.
Meanwhile, Danish cyclist Alex Rasmussen has been banned from the London Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport imposed an 18-month suspension for violating anti-doping rules.
Rasmussen said it was "an unfair decision so close to the Olympics."
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