A dramatic day at the
Tour de France saw
Mark Cavendish forced to abandon the race, before
Mads Pedersen secured himself a stage win in a brutal final sprint.
Cavendish's quest to become the outright record holder for the most stage wins in the history of the Tour de France has ended in heartbreaking circumstances, the 'Manx Missile' crashing out of the race with a seemingly broken collarbone after an innocuous crash. In the final sprint, there was more drama as Pedersen managed to deny
Jasper Philipsen his fourth stage win of the race in a leg-sapping final rise to the finish line.