SACRAMENTO, CA - MAY 11: (L-R) Mark Cavendish of Great Britain riding for the Omega Pharma-Quickstep Cycling Team sprints to victory ahead of second place finisher John Degenkolb of Germany riding for Team Giant-Shimano and fourth place finisher Peter Sagan of Slovakia riding for the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team in stage one of the 2014 Amgen Tour of California and earns the overall race leader's yellow jersey on May 11, 2014 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
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