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Tour de France: Andre Greipel wins stage six as Mark Cavendish fades after crash

Image: Andre Greipel won his first stage of this year's Tour

Andre Greipel outsprinted Mark Cavendish to claim victory on stage six of the Tour de France as South Africa's Daryl Impey took over in the race leader's yellow jersey.

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Stage six result 1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol, 3:59:02
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale, same time
3 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano, st
4 Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
5 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, st
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha, st
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
8 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
9 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
Selected others
18 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, +5sec
29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff, st General classification 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEDGE, 22:18:17
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky, +3sec
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE, +5
4 Michael Albasini (Sui) Orica-GreenEDGE, same time
5 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +6
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
7 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, +8
8 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, st
9 Nicolas Roche (Ire) Saxo-Tinkoff, +14
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Saxo-Tinkoff, st Other jerseys - Green (points classification): Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
- Polka dot (mountains classification): Pierre Rolland (Fra) Europcar
- White (best young rider): Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step

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