Cavendish wins but Wiggins crashes out of the Tour

Mark Cavendish wins, Tour de France 2011 stage seven
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Mark Cavendish took his second stage win of this year's Tour de France in Chateauroux this afternoon at the end of a contrasting day for the Brits.

Cavendish beat Alessandro Petacchi and Andre Greipel in a frantic sprint finish, but the day was overshadowed by a crash which forced Bradley Wiggins to retire from the Tour with a broken collar bone.

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