In Stage 11 of the Tour de France, Mark Renshaw gave a few head butts to Julian Dean. The head butts officially disqualified Renshaw from the Tour, while his ejection was labeled as “attacking”. Dean moved to block Farrar, and Renshaw fought back with head butting. Here is the video for those that missed it.
HTC-Columbia rider Mark Cavendish won his third sprint on the Tour de France this year after taking Stage 11 in Bourg-les-Valence this afternoon, while Mark Renshaw was officially disqualified out of the race due to his head butting malpractice during 5km closing run.
Julian Dean was paving the way for Tyler Farrar’s first win of the Tour to no avail. Farrar was still nursing a broken hand sustained at Stage 3 and has to settle for third. Alessandro Petacchi of Lampre-Farnese Vini placed second.
Cavendish put himself back as a contender for the points competition as Petacchi wears the green jersey. Thor Hushovd of Cervelo TestTeam took the seventh place.
Mark Cavendish took his 13th win of the Tour de France when he won Stage 11 and is now 29 points behind Petacchi. He is going to force his luck in the remaining race in Revel on Friday and…
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