Omega Pharma-Quick Step team rider Mark Cavendish of Britain gets assistance after crashing during a mass sprint next to the finish line of the first 190.5 km stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Leeds to Harrogate, July 5, 2014. REUTERS/Fred Mons/Pool
YORK England (Reuters) - Briton Mark Cavendish has been ruled out of the Tour de France after the sprint specialist failed to recover from a horror crash towards the end of Saturday's first stage, his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team said on Sunday.
"@MarkCavendish will not start Stage 2 today. More information will be provided later," the team said on Twitter on Sunday.
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