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Cavendish maintains sprint lead

Mark Cavendish
Cavendish is in 38th place after five stages

Manx cyclist Mark Cavendish retained the sprinters' green jersey at the Tour de France on Thursday.

Norway's Thor Hushovd won the sprint to move within a solitary point of Cavendish, who finished 16th.

Cavendish told BBC Sport: "I wasn't going to to go all out as I didn't think I was going to match Thor and Oscar here."

"I'm not going to sacrifice my chances of reaching Paris to hold onto the green jersey."

He added: "Every other sprint day is going to suit me so hopefully we can get it right then because I want to reach Paris with more stage wins."



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