▁Can ter bury . ▁The ▁stage ▁win ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁remarkable ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁crash ed ▁with ▁ ▁to ▁go . ▁He ▁injured ▁his ▁kne e ▁and ▁w rist ▁but ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁his ▁team ▁he ▁cla wed ▁his ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁bunch ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁s print ▁by ▁over ▁a ▁bi ke ▁length . ▁The ▁inj uries ▁he ▁sust ained ▁from ▁this ▁crash ▁did ▁not ▁prevent ▁him ▁from ▁continu ing ▁but ▁eventually ▁he ▁was ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁race ▁when ▁the ▁Tour ▁entered ▁the ▁Mountains , ▁his ▁kne e ▁injury ▁became ▁worse ▁and ▁he ▁failed ▁to ▁finish ▁stage ▁eight ▁within ▁the ▁time ▁limit . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Mc E wen ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁Australian ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Tour ▁de ▁France ▁points ▁classification . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Mc E wen ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁Tour ▁de ▁France ▁green ▁points ▁j er sey ▁three ▁times ▁in ▁this ▁race ▁— ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and , ▁again , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁— ▁defe ating ▁riv als ▁such ▁as ▁fellow ▁Austral ians ▁Baden ▁Co oke ▁and ▁Stuart ▁O ' Gr ady , ▁and ▁international ▁compet itors ▁like ▁Erik ▁Z abel ▁of ▁Germany , ▁Tom ▁Bo onen ▁of ▁Belg ium ▁and ▁Thor ▁H ush ov d ▁of ▁Norway . ▁ ▁Mc E wen ' s ▁first ▁win ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Tour ▁de ▁France ▁saw ▁him ▁win ▁the ▁green ▁j er sey ▁from