Sunday, July 5, 2009

Cavendish storms to stage victory

TOUR DE FRANCE
Date: 4 July - 26 July
Coverage: BBC Sport website: text commentary of each stage and streamed BBC commentary of the last 90 minutes of each stage available; commentary on selected stages on BBC 5 Live sports extra


Mark Cavendish
Sunday's win was Cavendish's 42nd professional triumph

Mark Cavendish won the second stage of the 2009 Tour de France with a blistering long-range sprint finish.

Stef Clement, Cyril Dessel, Jussi Veikkanen and Stephane Auge led for most of the 187km stage from Monaco to Brignoles but were caught by the pack.

Cavendish avoided a couple of late crashes before powering his way to his fifth Tour stage victory, while Fabian Cancellara retained the yellow jersey.

American Tyler Farrar was second with France's Romain Feillu finishing third.

606: DEBATE

Last year the 24-year-old Cavendish won four stages of the 2008 Tour and Sunday's victory further enhances his reputation as the fastest sprinter in the world.

The 96th Tour goes through six countries before finishing on 26 July.

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