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Cycling Road – Tour-Voeckler takes stage with perfect move

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* Voeckler takes maiden Tour de France stage in Perpignan

* Sprinters’ teams fail to catch a six-man early breakaway

* Gesink out of Tour after fracturing his wrist in crash

* Cancellara keeps yellow jersey ahead of Armstrong (adds details, quotes)…

…Frenchman Thomas Voeckler timed his move to perfection to clinch a maiden Tour de France win after an early breakaway surprised the sprinters’ teams on Wednesday.

Bouygues Telecom rider Voeckler attacked a group of breakaway riders with less than five kilometres to go in the 196.5-km fifth stage from Cap d’Agde to Perpignan and crossed the line seven seconds ahead of Russian Mikhail Ignatiev.

“I waited for so long for this to happen I had almost ceased to believe in my chances to win a Tour stage,” Voeckler told reporters.

Briton Mark Cavendish …  Details

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