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Ed Wright: Dion Smith falls just short of regaining polka dot jersey

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LISTEN TO ED WRIGHT TALK WITH CRAIG CUMMING ABOVEKiwi cyclist Dion Smith has fallen just short of regaining the polka dot jersey on stage six of the Tour de France.Smith became the first New Zealander to wear a distinctive jersey at the Tour after stage two, but lost the jersey worn by the King of the Mountains leader to Latvia's Toms Skujins on stage five.However, this morning Smith managed to get in the breakaway, and was the first rider over the first two categorised climbs of the day, temporarily moving back into a share of the lead.To take back the jersey, Smith needed to be one of the first two riders to reach the top of the first Mur-de-Bretagne climb, but with just under a kilometre left of the testing 6.9 per cent gradient, he was mopped up by the peloton, with Skujins popping out of the bunch to claim the points and remain two points ahead of Smith in the classification."Tough day in the break today for me," said Smith. "I went chasing the KOM points again but came up short."Smith, who claimed a sup