Tour history as Impey gets yellow, Greipel wins
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July 5, 2013, Friday
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DARYL Impey made Tour de France history yesterday by becoming the first African to take possession of the Tour yellow jersey.
Germany's Andre Greipel dominated a bunch sprint to win the sixth stage of the race, held over 176.5 kilometers between Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier, ahead of Slovakian Peter Sagan and Germany's Marcel Kittel.
Britain's Mark Cavendish, who claimed his maiden win of the 100th edition and 24th of his career on Wednesday, finished fourth having crashed with 34 km to race and battling to rejoin the peloton. He closed the gap on Sagan in the contest for the sprinter's green jersey.
"It was a very nervous stage but I knew if we kept it together we could win this stage," said Greipel, one of several sprinters out to grab a share of the glory usually enjoyed by Cavendish.
Impey, a South African who rides for Orica-GreenEdge, took over the race lead from Australian teammate Simon Gerrans.
Germany's Andre Greipel dominated a bunch sprint to win the sixth stage of the race, held over 176.5 kilometers between Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier, ahead of Slovakian Peter Sagan and Germany's Marcel Kittel.
Britain's Mark Cavendish, who claimed his maiden win of the 100th edition and 24th of his career on Wednesday, finished fourth having crashed with 34 km to race and battling to rejoin the peloton. He closed the gap on Sagan in the contest for the sprinter's green jersey.
"It was a very nervous stage but I knew if we kept it together we could win this stage," said Greipel, one of several sprinters out to grab a share of the glory usually enjoyed by Cavendish.
Impey, a South African who rides for Orica-GreenEdge, took over the race lead from Australian teammate Simon Gerrans.
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