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Slovakian champion Peter Sagan continued his impressive start to his Tour de France debut with his second stage win inside three days yesterday.
RadioShack's Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland retained the overall leader's yellow jersey at the end of a crash-marred day which witnessed the race's first abandons.
There was no change to the top five overall, with race favourite Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky in second at 7sec behind and Australian Cadel Evans of BMC still 17 off the pace.
