Thursday, July 9, 2009

Hushovd overhauls Millar for win

TOUR DE FRANCE
Date: 4 July - 26 July
Coverage: BBC Sport website: text commentary of each stage and streamed BBC commentary of the last 90 minutes of each stage available; commentary on selected stages on BBC 5 Live sports extra


Thor Hushovd
Hushovd recorded his seventh Tour stage victory

Britain's David Millar was denied victory in the sixth stage of the Tour de France as he was caught with less than 2km left in Barcelona.

Norway's Thor Hushovd won the sprint from Spaniard Oscar Friere, while Mark Cavendish finished 16th after the 181.5km journey from Girona.

The Manxman retained the sprinters' green jersey by a single point, while Fabian Cancellara stayed in yellow.

Millar was part of a four-man break for around 130km of the stage.

He left Sylvain Chavanel, Amets Txurruka and Stephane Auge to go it alone but could not quite hold on in the climb to the finish in Montjuic.

More to follow.

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