Bernucci wins dramatic stage six
Bernucci wins dramatic stage six
Italy's Lorenzo Bernucci avoided a mass pile-up in the final kilometre to win stage six of the Tour de France.The Fassa Bortolo rider finished 0.03 seconds ahead of T-Mobile's Alexandre Vinokourov, who climbed to second in the overall standings.
Lance Armstrong is still in the overall lead after also avoiding the big crash on a sharp right-handed corner.
But France's Christophe Mengin, who had led for the majority of the last 10km, was not so lucky and crashed out.
The 199km stage from Troyes to Nancy was dominated by a five-man breakaway.
One of the group, Mengin, looked set to win as he struck out for glory.
However, with Vinokourov set to catch him in the last kilometre, Mengin fell, causing a pile-up which forced the Kazakh rider to take evasive action.
Vinokourov, 31, could prove to be Armstrong's main challenger as the race goes on.
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