Number of genuine sprint finishes at this years Tour de France: 4
Number of stage wins by Mark Cavendish: 4
No other rider in this year's peleton can get near new sprinting sensation Mark Cavendish. The Brit became the first sprinter since Allesandro Pettachi in 2003 to take out 4 stages in a single Tour with yet another powerful display in Stage 13 from Narbonne to Nimes. Cavendish again showed his superiority over the old guard this time relegating Robbie McEwen and Roman Feillu into second and third respectively. Rumours have persisted that their is pressure on the Cavendish from back in the UK to quit the race in order to prepare for next month's Olympics. Let us hope he shrugs off this pressure. Nothing would be more magical than seeing Cavendish explode away to victory on the last day in Paris. And he is still an outside chance to win the green jesrey!
Today's win saw Cavendish move into second position in the points competition, trailling only Oscar Freire who finished 5th on the days stage. Thor Hushovd is equal on points with Cavendish but lost ground to Freire by finishing 6th in the bunch sprint. The bulk of the main field (bar the usual stragglers) finished together so there was no change to the overall classification with all of the favourites finishing in the bunch. Sebastian Lang increased his lead in the King of the Mountains classification slightly, picking up third on all three of the days cat-4 climbs. In the usual transitional stage from mountain range to mountain range the major highlight was a spectacular crash by Sven Krauss who managed to split his bike in half after hitting a sign post on the road. He managed to complete the stage but lost over 15 minutes to the winner.
Yellow Jersey - Cadel Evans
Green Jersey - Oscar Freire
Polka Dot Jersey - Sebastian Lang
White Jersey - Vincenzo Nabali
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