Greipel beats Cavendish in Tour stage 10 sprint

Andre Greipel wins, Tour de France 2011, stage 10

published 12 July 2011

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Sprinting's most fiery rivalry came to the fore in the final metres of the Tour's tenth stage in Carmaux today - with Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto) beating Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) by half a wheel length.

As the peloton approached Carmaux, however, it looked like Cavendish and co might be denied a bunch sprint. An attack by Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) with fifteen kilomtres to go was joined by yellow jersey-holder Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) and several others. It was a sign of how much of a threat the move was that Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) bridged to it early on in order to mark it on behalf of his team.

In comparison to earlier stages today's was relatively crash-free. There were a few incidents early on in the stage. One crash involved the calamitous Levi Leipheimer (Radioshack), Fabien Cancellara (Leopard-Trek), Robert Gesink (Rabobank), Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) and Bjorn Leukemens (Vacansoleil), but all weren't too badly hurt and rejoined the peloton for the remainder of the race.

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Greipel beats Cavendish in Tour stage 10 sprint

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