Number of genuine sprint finishes at this years Tour de France: 2
Number of stage wins by Mark Cavendish: 2
On the eve of the first high mountain passes of the 2008 Tour de France, Mark Cavendish again showed why he is the next big thing in professional cycling by taking out his second stage win at this year's event. Cavendish now has two Tour wins to go with his two wins at the Giro d'Italia. Another exceptional lead out from his Team Colombia teammates was enough to see the young Brit power to victory over the final 300 metres of the days race from Figeac to Toulouse. Colombia managed to quinella the stage with lead-out man Gerald Ciolek finishing second. France's Jimmy Casper filled the podium finishing third in the stage, while Oscar Friere's fourth was enough to see him take the lead in the points competition from overall leader Kim Kirchen on a count back.
On a rain-soaked stage, the race ended in a bunch sprint leaving no change to the overall classification as the race heads into the Pyrenees tonight. David De La Fuente led the main field over the early small climbs to increase his lead in the King of the Mountains competition. With the first cat-1 climbs of the Tour (the infamous Col de Peryresourde and Col d'Aspin) appearing in tonight's stage we can expect a shake up of both the overall classification and the King of the Mountains competition come the morning.
Yellow Jersey - Kim Kirchen
Green Jersey - Oscar Freire
Polka Dot Jersey - David De La Fuente
White Jersey - Thomas Lovkvist
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