Interest was provided by a split in the bunch that was reasonably quickly neutralised and a somewhat hopeless solo effort from Voekler that was caught as expected to set up a sprint. The sprint was close, but no one could match the power of Kittel again. In the closest finish so far he smashed through leaving all his rivals on the road.
There were also various casualties. Andy Schleck didn’t start with a knee injury form stage three, and Greg Henderson crashed out, depleting Greipel’s lead-out train. The other big crash took Froome down, surely making Sky management quickly check exactly where Richie Porte was in the GC and leaving the Brit scraped on the same side he injured in the Dauphiné. Perhaps the biggest concern with the cobbles to tackle today is what seemed to be an injury to Froome’s left wrist, which will undoubtedly hurt over the bumps. A lot.
Talking of crashes there was news of criticism of Cavendish in his crash on stage one from within the peloton, that has led him to seek legal advice. He also broke his Twitter silence.
Well, @letour didn't go as I'd hoped in the UK, but the memories of the 1st 200km are some of the best of my career. Incredible support.
— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) July 8, 2014A
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