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Overall leader Martin pulls out of Tour, Froome leads

LE HAVRE, France (Reuters) - Tour de France overall leader Tony Martin of Germany abandoned the race after breaking a collarbone in a crash on Thursday, his Etixx-Quick Step team said. "He abandons," a spokesman told Reuters by telephone after the sixth stage. Briton Chris Froome takes over as race leader. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Ken Ferris)