Cavendish winged in Tour de Suisse crash

With an unusually tight, technical finish to the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse it was almost inevitable that there would be a crash, and even though Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) backed off in the penultimate bend with 350m to go, he was still sent hurtling to the ground by a clash with another sprinter. Despite the dramatic spill, the winner of the previous day's sprint came away relatively unscathed and expects to continue the race.

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