Cavendish wins 3rd Tour stage
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July 14, 2011, Thursday
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BRITISH rider Mark Cavendish won a rainy 11th stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint yesterday, easily beating Andre Greipel of Germany at the line. French rider Thomas Voeckler kept the race leader's yellow jersey after the 167.5-kilometer trek from Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur.
It was Cavendish's 18th stage win in the Tour de France, his third in this year's race. Tyler Farrar of the United States finished third.
Cavendish claimed revenge for his loss to former teammate Greipel in Tuesday's stage, when the German sprinter surged ahead at the finish to get his first win on the Tour.
The stage came alive after 13 kilometers when six breakaway riders - Ruben Perez Moreno, Tristan Valentin, Jimmy Engoulvent, Mickael Delage, Lars Boom and Andriy Grivko - went away under a slight rain.
Although none of the escapees were a threat to the Tour contenders or to Voeckler's overall lead, the peloton kept them on a leash and the group had a maximum lead of 4 minutes, 20 seconds after 43 kilometers.
Being pushed along by a strong tail wind, the bunch started the chase before the intermediate sprint halfway through the stage, where Cavendish took seventh place ahead of his most dangerous rival in the battle for the best sprinter's jersey, Jose Joaquin Rojas of Spain.
Cavendish then had a minor mechanical problem on his bike but was able to bridge the gap with the help of his HTC-Highroad teammate Bernhard Eisel. HTC-Highroad riders, joined by Omega-Pharma-Lotto and Garmin-Cervelo cyclists, shared the workload at the front of the peloton to set a faster tempo.
It was Cavendish's 18th stage win in the Tour de France, his third in this year's race. Tyler Farrar of the United States finished third.
Cavendish claimed revenge for his loss to former teammate Greipel in Tuesday's stage, when the German sprinter surged ahead at the finish to get his first win on the Tour.
The stage came alive after 13 kilometers when six breakaway riders - Ruben Perez Moreno, Tristan Valentin, Jimmy Engoulvent, Mickael Delage, Lars Boom and Andriy Grivko - went away under a slight rain.
Although none of the escapees were a threat to the Tour contenders or to Voeckler's overall lead, the peloton kept them on a leash and the group had a maximum lead of 4 minutes, 20 seconds after 43 kilometers.
Being pushed along by a strong tail wind, the bunch started the chase before the intermediate sprint halfway through the stage, where Cavendish took seventh place ahead of his most dangerous rival in the battle for the best sprinter's jersey, Jose Joaquin Rojas of Spain.
Cavendish then had a minor mechanical problem on his bike but was able to bridge the gap with the help of his HTC-Highroad teammate Bernhard Eisel. HTC-Highroad riders, joined by Omega-Pharma-Lotto and Garmin-Cervelo cyclists, shared the workload at the front of the peloton to set a faster tempo.
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