Ryder Hesjedal of Canada gives a thumbs up as he waits to take the start of the first stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race over 213 kilometers (133 miles) with start in Porto Vecchio and finish in Bastia, Corsica island, France, Saturday June 29, 2013.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena) German rider Marcel Kittel won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France in a sprint finish with Alexander Kristoff amid farcical scenes and heavy crashes on Saturday. The decision was initially taken late on to shorten the flat stage by three kilometres (two miles) because a bus from the Orica Greenedge team was stuck on the finish line. But organizers managed to move the bus and the normal...
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