Sagan kicked out of Tour after Cavendish crash

Britain’s sprint king breaks his shoulder in horror fall blamed on Slovak world champion

Mark Cavendish and John Degenkolb
Mark Cavendish grimaces as he lies in the road, with John Degenkolb of Germany (left), after the crash on stage four
(Image credit: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)

Stage four of the Tour de France ended in bloodshed and acrimony after a sickening collision between Mark Cavendish and world champion Peter Sagan.

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