Story Highlights Cavendish wins 24th Tour stage in his careerA dozen riders were caught up in a crash with 9 miles leftGerrans has good shot at staying in yellow with Thursday's flat stage MARSEILLE, France (AP) — British sprinter Mark Cavendish finally hit form to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday and Australian veteran Simon Gerrans kept the yellow jersey. Cavendish made a poor start to the Tour but this 24th career Tour stage win will boost his confidence and launch his bid to win the sprinters' green jersey. "I'm super happy," Cavendish said. "Now the pressure's off and hopefully it has started the ball rolling." With a few hundred meters to...
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