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CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, France -- Strangely, Peter Sagan did not celebrate his first Tour de France yellow jersey with his trademark wheelie.He did not even pump his fist or raise his arms as he crossed the finish line on Sunday to end a three-year winless run at cyclings showpiece race.That wasnt because of the misfortune endured by his teammate Alberto Contador, who fell off his bike for the second consecutive day and lost precious time in the battle among the race favorites.The world champion simply didnt know he had won the stage.Im very surprised I won, because I was thinking there were still two guys in front, said Sagan, who made the most of a steep, short climb in a frenzied finale to win the second stage of the Tour in Normandy.It was Sagans fifth stage win on a Tour, and his first since 2013.Having been criticized sometimes for poor tactics -- he has been a runner-up in 16 Tour stages, Sagan used his raw power on the 1.9-kilometer Cote de la Glacerie leading to the finish line to claim the win.He waited patiently in the wake of Julian Alaphilippe, who started the final sprint, before timing his acceleration to perfection to overtake the Frenchman and win by a bikes length.A debutant at the Tour, Alaphilippe was second in the 183-kilometer stage between Saint-Lo and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with Spaniard Alejandro Valverde in third place.Sagan, who already has four best sprinters green jerseys to his name and won the Tour of Flanders classic earlier this season, also claimed the lead in the points standings.In big races, experience counts, he said. I did a lot of sacrifices to come to the Tour de France in good form but its never easy to win, even if it looks easy sometimes.On a day of mixed fortunes for the Tinkoff team, Contador crashed again and was dropped in the final climb, losing 48 seconds.Im physically hampered, Contador said. I cannot pedal as I would as the result of the crashes. The important thing is to keep my morale, not fall apart, which is sometimes complicated. Both legs are very roughed up.After just two days of racing, the Tour has already been marred by several crashes, a problem that Sagan likened to the all-risk approach in the peloton.Nobody cares, it looks like riders have lost their brains, he said. When I started in cycling in 2010, there was respect, and when somebody was doing something stupid we would throw bottles at him. Today nobody brakes. So Im in yellow, but tomorrow I can go home.Belgian Jasper Stuyven, who was part of an early breakaway group that formed after the start of the stage, almost thwarted Sagans plans when he tried to go for a solo win, but was reined in with 500 meters left.Overnight leader Mark Cavendish finished just behind BMC co-leader Richie Porte, who was among the big losers of day, crossing the finish line 1 minute and 45 seconds behind Sagan after a puncture.Cavendish started the day with a four-second lead over Marcel Kittel, with Sagan in third place, six seconds behind. The Slovak rider now has an 8-second lead over Alaphilippe, with Valverde in third place 10 seconds back. Chris Froome, last years Tour winner, is fifth overall after Sundays stage, 14 seconds behind Sagan.All 198 riders took the start in Saint-Lo under grey skies but Cavendish brought a splash of color to the scene.Wearing yellow for the first time, the Briton marked the special occasion with a customized bike featuring yellow handlebar and pedals.Stuyven and three other riders immediately broke away from the peloton on slippery roads near the English Channel as rain started to fall. A crash split the main peloton in two after 60 kilometers. Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez and Contador, who suffered cuts and bruises on his right shoulder in a crash during Stage 1, were among the riders caught up in the incident.Contador fell on the same shoulder and was forced to change bike. He was helped back into the pack by five Tinkoff teammates as the pace slowed down at the front.There were some broad smiles on the riders faces as the sun finally broke through the clouds with 100 kilometers left, drying the roads and warming bodies in the peloton.The pace in the bunch barely moved until 55 kilometers to go when Cavendishs Dimension Data outfit started to push forward.The pelotons chase started a bit late, as the final battle shaped up with rain falling again and Stuyven almost upseting all the favorites.I felt a little bit empty on the steep part, said Stuyven, who made his breakthrough last year when he won a stage at the Spanish Vuelta. Unfortunately, I was 450 meters short.---AP Sports writer Andrew Dampf contributed to this story. T. J. Zeuch Blue Jays Jersey . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. 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World heavyweight champion Tyson Furys camp have told ESPN a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko is still going ahead in the fall, despite Fury facing alleged doping offences.UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) agency revealed Wednesday night it had charged Fury and cousin Hughie, a heavyweight boxer, with using a banned substance on June 24 and that it had only just lifted a temporary suspension on the pair.Furys fate now hinges on the outcome of a National Anti-Doping Panel hearing, the date of which hasnt yet been confirmed. If he is found guilty of taking a banned substance, Fury could be stripped of his WBA and WBO titles and suspended, and a potential rematch with Klitschko in Manchester would also be scrapped.A new date for a rematch has yet to be officially confirmed, though Furys camp have claimed it will take place Oct. 29. Originally set for July 9, the rematch was postponed because Fury injured an ankle while running in June.As far as we are concerned there was never a case to answer to in the first place, Furys manager, Mick Hennessy, told ESPN. No one has ever said to me theres a positive test. I was never told at any stage there was a positive result.?There are a lot of external forces at work. Its not right what is happening to someone who did something very special in Germany last year.There are certain people that dont like it, but it will all come out. Im 100 percent certain it will be all right. As far as we are concerned the suspension has been lifted, and theres nothing to answer to.There are a lot of rubbish allegations out there, and there are a lot of people trying to bring Tyson and Hughie Fuury down.dddddddddddd There seems to be some sort of agenda out there against them.We are still working towards the date of Oct. 29 for the rematch. The governing bodies have only been in touch to know if the fight was going on on that date, and as far as Im concerned it is.Earlier this week, Fury, a native of Manchester, claimed he would sue UKAD over the allegations he used a performance-enhancing substance.The Sunday Mirror, a British newspaper, reported in June that traces of the banned substance nandrolone were found in a urine sample taken from Fury in February 2015. That month, Fury beat Christian Hammer before then outpointing Klitschko to win the IBF, WBA and WBO world titles in Germany last November.In a statement released Wednesday, UKAD said: UK Anti-Doping can confirm that both boxers were charged on 24 June 2016 with presence of a Prohibited Substance.Mandatory Provisional Suspensions were imposed pursuant to Article 7.9.1 of the UK Anti-Doping Rules.The UK Anti-Doping Rules allow athletes to challenge the imposition of a Provisional Suspension and the independent National Anti-Doping Panel today lifted the athletes suspensions, pending full determination of the charges. These charges will be heard at a hearing before the NADP in due course.Australian Lucas Browne was stripped of the WBAs secondary world heavyweight title belt following a positive drug test earlier this year. Browne was banned for six months by the WBA after testing positive for clenbuterol. ' ' '