MARK Cavendish's hopes of celebrating his 22nd Tour de France stage win was scuppered yesterday by a dramatic crash in the final kilometres to the line.
Andre Greipel, of Lotto-Belisol, emerged from the shadow of his old adversary to claim victory on stage four. The German rider held off the challenge of Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) and Tom Veelers (Argos-Shimano) in a textbook sprint finish to take the win into Rouen.
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