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MONTAUBAN, France (AP) British sprinter Mark Cavendish easily won the sixth stage of the Tour de France in a mass finish on Thursday.
It was Cavendish's third stage win of this Tour, his 29th overall.
Cavendish beat German sprinter Marcel Kittel by half a wheel, with Daniel McLay third.
The stage took the peloton from Arpajon-sur-Cere to Montauban in southwestern France on a 190.5-kilometer ride.
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Early attackers Yukiya Arashiro and Jan Barta built up a lead of 4 1/2 minutes but were caught by the pack with 22 kilometers left.
Greg van Avermaet kept the yellow jersey ahead of Friday's first stage in the Pyrenees.
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