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Roger Vaughan

Becoming a Tour de France contender takes its toll

Jack Haig rang his wife Anna from the hospital, his Tour de France mission as broken as his collarbone, and apologised.

Asked what it takes to become an overall contender in the Tour, the Australian cyclist replies "a lot".

"It was also my family as well. When I was in the hospital, when I crashed in the Tour, I called my wife and all I did was apologise to her," Haig tells AAP.

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