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John Degenkolb has won stage nine of the Tour de France after a brutal day on the cobbles which saw Richie Porte crash out and Greg Van Avermaet extend his overall lead after finishing second.
Degenkolb, Van Avermaet and Yves Lampaert formed a three-man breakaway with two sectors of cobbles to go after an earlier breakaway was reeled in. Degenkolb, severely injured in a training accident in 2016, had to sprint from the front 200m from the line, but held off Van Avermaet for a famous win.
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