Germany's Marcel Kittel celebrated his second stage win of the Tour de France on Tuesday after the Argos-shimano rider triumphed in a lively bunch sprint to the line in Saint-Malo.
Stage ten of the race took the peloton over 197 kilometers of through the Brittany countryside.
The day's ride was animated by a five-man escape which were caught with 6 kilometers to go as well as a high-speed crash in the twisty run-in to the line.
Mark Cavendish fell out of contention for the win after bouncing inton Tom Veelers, who astonishingly was the only one to hit the deck in the middle of the bunch.
HOwever, out the door, Kittel outsprinted fellow German Andre Greipel 100th edition of the most prestigios cycling race, took his second victory.
Despite the high-speed collisions, UK Cavendisk did manage to get back on track sprint rival Slovak Peter Sagan in the front row of the podium in third place rounding.
Surprisingly Veelers escaped without serious injury.
The leader's yellow jersey one minute and 25 seconds clear of Spaniard Alejandro Valverde by team Shy's Chris Froome crossed over safely in the pack to retain.
Froome will now look to inflict some damage on his overall rivals in Wednesday's 33km individual time trial to Mont-Saint-Michel.
News from: http://www.euronews.com/2013/07/09/tour-de-france-kittel-strikes-again/
By: WK
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