German rider Andre Greipel clinched the fifth stage of the Tour de France, this time in a straight match against his arch rival and former teammate, Mark Cavendish. It was an exciting finish to a mostly flat stage where the biggest news of the day went on behind the scenes. That news concerned allegations...
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With injuries he sustained to his hand yesterday, there was some question at the beginning of stage 5 whether Team Sky’s Mark Cavendish would be up to a full scale sprint. Well, at least he answered part of that question, with his sprint win at the intermediate point in Breteuil where he won handily...
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This flat 214.5 km stage from Abbeville to Rouen promises to be a strictly sprinter’s stage, even if there is a breakaway off the front. Predictably a break consisting of three riders, Yukiya Arashiro (EUC) one of two Japanese riders to ever finish the Tour, David Moncoutie of France and the Cofidis Team, and...
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In characteristic missile fashion Mark Cavendish won the final sprint for his 21st Tour de France victory, and his first stage for 2012. The Manx Missile answered all questions about who could win a freelance sprint, and in delicious irony, used the wheel of his previous teammate Andre Greipel to come across the line...
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Today’s stage is sure to answer the one big question mark hanging over the sprinters’ field: Will Mark Cavendish be able to pull off the same wins as last year without his two fast lead out men, Mark Renshaw and Matt Goss? The 207.5 km stage from Vise to Tournai is mostly flat, is...
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This 167.5 km stage from Blaye les Mines to Lavaur was mostly flat with some short, steep hills in the last hour, followed by a mostly flat final 15 km,  suitable for a mass sprint at the finish. Would the rivalry we saw between Greipel and Cavendish in stage 10 play out again on...
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Mark Cavendish took his 17th win of a Tour stage today into Chateauroux on the 218 km mostly flat stage with a massive lead out train from his HTC Highroad team. Cavendish won this stage for the first time in 2008 and was said this morning to be looking for a symbolic anniversary win....
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In the last 36 km of stage 7 of the Tour de France today, Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky crashed. His injuries which include a possibly broken collarbone, were great enough that he did not get back on his bike, and is now out of the Tour. Many other riders were caught in the...
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