Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida) won stage 5 at the Tour de Suisse on Wednesday.
Peter Sagan (Cannondale) took second and John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) placed third in the 184-kilometer stage from Ossingen to Büren an der Aare.
Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) stayed in the race lead and will wear the yellow jersey for another day. Tom Dumoulin (Giant) is 6 seconds behind in second and Sagan is 10 ticks back in third.
The stage ended in a sprint finish marred by a crash around a sharp right turn in the final 500 meters that took out Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma) and others. As the speeding bunch rounded the corner, it appeared that Danny Van Poppel (Trek Factory Racing) bumped into Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge). Goss slid out and knocked into Cavendish, who was on his right.
Cavendish seemed to get the worst of it, as he went over his handlebars and crashed along the fencing. Goss fell off his bike and rolled, tucking in his arms to minimize the damage. Both got back on their bikes and finished the stage.
The crash completely disrupted the front group, and the paired-down pack of sprinters had no troubles navigating the final turn with 300 meters left.
Wiggins abandons
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) abandoned the race prior to the start after crashing during Tuesday’s stage 4. Wiggins, who admitted he is suffering from a chest infection, told Sky’s website he has swelling on the inside of his right knee.
“I probably could have started today but it’s best to play it safe and come home now,” Wiggins said. “I really want to try to be ready for the Nationals next Thursday so I didn’t want to jeopardize that for the sake of pushing on and potentially doing more damage.”
Team doctor Steve Baynes further described Wiggins’ injuries: “He’s suffered some pretty bad bruising on the left side of his right thigh muscle which is restricting his movement on the bike and obviously causing him discomfort. That’s going to require some treatment so, having spoken to Brad, we felt the best plan of action would be to withdraw him from the race and fly him back to the UK.”
Wiggins said he was riding at the back of the peloton with 28km left in stage 4 when everyone in front of him hit their brakes hard. Wiggins slowed down but a rider behind him collided with him at top speed and they both crashed.
“The plan is to get home today, have 24 hours off the bike and then I’ll be good to go again and finalize my preparations for Wales next week,” Wiggins said.
The Tour de Suisse resumes with Thursday’s stage 6, which stretches 184km from Büren an der Aare to Delémont.
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