Mark Cavendish missed out on the yellow jersey as a late crash and a trapped bus at the finish line caused chaos on the opening stage of the Tour de France. Germany's Marcel Kittel emerged from a truly remarkable finale unscathed to claim the stage win and race lead, but Cavendish, Peter Sagan and Andre Greipel were among the sprinters who were caught up in the mayhem. It began with 20km to go, when the Orica-GreenEDGE team bus became stuck under the timing board above the finish line in Bastia, forcing race organisers to bring the end of the stage forward to...
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