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Tour de France: Marcel Kittel takes yellow as stage-one chaos costs Mark Cavendish

Image: A late crash wiped out most of the peloton

Mark Cavendish missed out on the yellow jersey after a trapped bus at the finish line and a late crash caused chaos on the opening stage of the Tour de France.

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Stage one result and general classification 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano, 4:53:46
2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha, same time
3 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
4 David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Sharp, st
5 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, st
8 Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto-Belisol, st
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Movistar, st
10 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM

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