Tour de France: Close call for Matthews in stage 1 crash

Michael Matthews raises his arm after finishing stage 1

Michael Matthews raises his arm after finishing stage 1 (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Michael Matthews' start to the 2016 Tour de France could have been disastrous when the Orica-BikeExchange rider found himself caught up in the final kilometre crash in the run in to Utah Beach where Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) took the win and with it, his first career yellow jersey.

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