World champ sprints again

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) came close

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) came close (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara made another strong bid for a win in stage eleven to Montpellier, where he made came within inches of besting reknowned sprinter Robert Hunter (Barloworld). The Swiss rider, who already surprised all the sprinters with a kilometre long attack to win stage three, made a huge run to the line in the final 100 metres, hurtling past a fading Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) but falling just short of the win.

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