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Cycling-Cavendish completes jersey set with Tour de France yellow (Reuters)
(Writes through, adds details) By Julien Pretot UTAH BEACH, France, July 2 (Reuters) - Britain's Mark Cavendish completed cycling's prestigious set of distinctive jerseys when he won the crash-marred first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday to take the overall leader's yellow jersey. The Dimension Data rider outsprinted German Marcel Kittel and world champion Peter Sagan of Slovakia at the end of a 188km ride from Mont St Michel to near one of the D-Day beaches. Cavendish, who now has 27 Tour stage wins to his name, held off his rivals after several opponents had been taken out of contention following a crash in the final straight. More...
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