COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – Britain’s Mark Cavendish won the World Championship road race, 25 September following a mass sprint. He became the first Briton to win the title since Tommy Simpson in 1965. Cavendish confirmed his position as the finest sprinter of his generation with a well-timed drive for the line after he was guided to the finish by his team-mates. Australian Matthew Goss was second with German rider André Greipel third. Swiss star Fabian Cancellara came in fourth.
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Paris, France (GenevaLunch) - Spanish rider Alberto Contador won his third Tour de France, 25 July, despite not taking a single stage win in the 2010 race. Andy Schleck, from Luxemburg, was 39 seconds back in second place.
Mark Cavendish confirmed his status as the fastest man on a bike with a devastating sprint finish but it was not enough to take the green jersey.
The Swiss Fabien Cancellara, won the prologue and kept the yellow shirt until the 7th stage. Canellara also won the 19th stage between Bordeux and Pauillac.
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Epernay, France (GenevaLunch) – Mark Cavendish, the sprinter from the Isle of Man, dominated the 2009 finishes but has had a difficult start to this year’s Tour de France, including being responsable for one of the big crashes that have marred the race. He put that behind him to win the sprint coming into Eparneyat the end of the fifth stage of the race, 8 July.
Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara still has a 23 second lead over Welsh rider Geraint Thomas with Australian Cadel Evans third. 2009 winner Alberto Cantador is 1′ 40″ off the pace in ninth place while Lance Armstrong is 2′ 30″ behind. Cancellara is likely to retain the lead in the sixth stage but may not keep it when the mountain stages arrive.
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Reims, France (GenevaLunch.com) - Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi won the fourth stage of the 2010 Tour de France, from Cambrai to Reims. The British rider Mark Cavendish, who dominated the sprints in 2009, could only come in 12th after a weak finish.
Swiss World and Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara keeps the yellow jersey for the overall leader, 23 seconds ahead of British rider Geraint Thomas.
Paris, France (GenevaLunch) – Mark Cavendish, from the Isle of Man, won his sixth sprint finish in the 2009 Tour de France. It was the most prestigious but in some ways also the easiest as his Columbia teammates, especially Australian Mark Renshaw, gave him a big lead into the final 100 metres.
The final day was a traditional affair, at a leisurely pace for much of the stage before a break by seven riders in search of glory.
Aubenas, France (GenevaLunch) – Alberto Cantador maintained his advance in the Tour de France: he leads Andy Schleck by 4 minutes 11 seconds. Lance Armstrong is third another minute back with Bradley Wiggins only 15 seconds further back and fighting to be the first Briton to be on the podium in Paris. Another Brit made history as he sprinted to his fifth stage of the Tour: Mark Cavendish also won four stages last year and now has the record for the most stage wins by a British rider.
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Central France (GenevaLunch) – German rider Heinrich Haussler broke from the pack in only the third kilometre of Friday’s stage in the Tour de France, and he gradually left the other members of the breakaway group to take the stage by more than five minutes, with the pack another two minutes back.
Central France (GenevaLunch) – Isle of Man sprinter Mark Cavendish took his fourth stage win for the Columbia team and regained the sprinters’ Green Jersey. The overall lead was unchanged with Italian Rinaldo Nocentini reaining the Yellow Jersey, six seconds ahead of Astana leader Alberto Contador with teammate and rival Lance Armstrong two seconds further back. The Yellow Jersey is likely to change owner in the next few days.
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Central France (GenevaLunch) – Mark Cavendish won his third sprint of the 2009 Tour, ably assisted by his Columbia teammates. A group of four riders, including three French, led a break-away group but they were overhauled in the last few kilometres, setting the stage for the final sprint. When it comes to sprinting there is not much doubt about who is fastest, at least according to Cavendish:
