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<blockquote data-quote="mhku" data-source="post: 621812" data-attributes="member: 190842">stage 19 - Bourgoin-Jallieu Aubenas 178 kmAn early breakaway containing David Millar is caught by the peloton. With 16km to go to the finish World champion Ballan in the rainbow jersey and Lefevre were first down the final hill in a 2-man breakaway with the peloton not far behind but when the team Columbia HTC lead the peloton down the hill there time in the lead was limited.With 10km to go 3 Columbia riders were leading out the peloton with Mark Cavendish in 4th. An unexpected sprint finish was on the cards as Hushovd and the other sprinters were all just behind Cavendish, and to add to the fun it started to rain.At 5km to go George Hincapie is at the front doing an amazing job with a suspected broken collarbone and with 2km to go Ballan is caught.The final road to the finish is uphill and Mark Renshaw is fading fast while trying to keep Cavendish in contention and with 500m to go Cavendish goes for the line but with 500m still go is Hushovd going to cross the line first? Cavendish gives his best performance of the tour and wins the stage by a bike length from Hushovd and Gerald Ciolek taking third. Cav's 5th stage win keeps his hopes alive for the green jersey and he'll be hoping for a 6th stage win on the Champs Elysee on Sunday although it's likely that Hushovd will win the green jersey although he is now only 25pts ahead of Cavendish. The polka dot jersey is likely to won by Pellizotti as the &quot;only&quot; mountain left now is Mont Ventoux tomorrow and he has a large points advantage over the 2nd and 2rd riders in contention for the King of The Mountains jersey.This 9th stage win by Mark Cavendish in his 3rd year in the Tour (he had 4 stage wins in last year's Tour before leaving before the end to start Olympic preparations) makes him the most successful British Tour rider after breaking Barry Hoban's record of 8 Tour stage wins, set between 1967 and 1975. Cavendish is the first person to win 5 stages in a single Tour since Armstrong in 2004.Armstrong finished in the Cavendish group but Wiggins, A. Schleck and Contador finished in a group 4 seconds back from the first group.Stage 17 results:* 1.CAVENDISH M.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; THR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3h 50' 35&quot;* 2.HUSHOVD T.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; CTT&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 3.CIOLEK G.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MRM&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 4.VAN AVERMAET G.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SIL&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 5.FREIRE O.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; RAB&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 6.PINEAU J.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; QST&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 7.BEPPU F.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SKS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 8.ROCHE N.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ALM&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 9.LE MEVEL C.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; FDJ&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot;* 10.MAASKANT M.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GRM&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00' 00&quot; Overall GC standings:* 1.CONTADOR A.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AST&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 77h 06' 18&quot;* 2.SCHLECK A.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SAX&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 04' 11&quot;* 3.ARMSTRONG L.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AST&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 05' 21&quot;* 4.WIGGINS B.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GRM&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 05' 36&quot;* 5.KLÖDEN A.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AST&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 05' 38&quot;* 6.SCHLECK F.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SAX&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 05' 59&quot;* 7.NIBALI V.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LIQ&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 07' 15&quot;* 8.VANDE VELDE C.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GRM&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10' 08&quot;* 9.LE MEVEL C.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; FDJ&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 12' 37&quot;* 10.ASTARLOZA M.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; EUS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 12' 38&quot;Tomorrow's stage 20 from&nbsp; MONTÉLIMAR &gt; MONT VENTOUX, 167 km finishes on the top of the ferocious Mont Ventoux, and is likely to see some battles to decide the top 10 places before the final stage on Sunday.Lance Armstrong's new team for 2010 is being sponsored by Radioshack and latest news is that Evans, Ricco, Rasmussen, Landis, Hincapie, Sevilla and Muravyev are confirmed for RadioShack 2010 World Tour. Virenque will soigneur and Bruyneel will be team manager.teamradioshack.com/</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mhku, post: 621812, member: 190842"] [B]stage 19 - Bourgoin-Jallieu Aubenas 178 km[/B] An early breakaway containing David Millar is caught by the peloton. With 16km to go to the finish World champion Ballan in the rainbow jersey and Lefevre were first down the final hill in a 2-man breakaway with the peloton not far behind but when the team Columbia HTC lead the peloton down the hill there time in the lead was limited. With 10km to go 3 Columbia riders were leading out the peloton with Mark Cavendish in 4th. An unexpected sprint finish was on the cards as Hushovd and the other sprinters were all just behind Cavendish, and to add to the fun it started to rain. At 5km to go George Hincapie is at the front doing an amazing job with a suspected broken collarbone and with 2km to go Ballan is caught. The final road to the finish is uphill and Mark Renshaw is fading fast while trying to keep Cavendish in contention and with 500m to go Cavendish goes for the line but with 500m still go is Hushovd going to cross the line first? Cavendish gives his best performance of the tour and wins the stage by a bike length from Hushovd and Gerald Ciolek taking third. Cav's 5th stage win keeps his hopes alive for the green jersey and he'll be hoping for a 6th stage win on the Champs Elysee on Sunday although it's likely that Hushovd will win the green jersey although he is now only 25pts ahead of Cavendish. The polka dot jersey is likely to won by Pellizotti as the "only" mountain left now is Mont Ventoux tomorrow and he has a large points advantage over the 2nd and 2rd riders in contention for the King of The Mountains jersey. This 9th stage win by Mark Cavendish in his 3rd year in the Tour (he had 4 stage wins in last year's Tour before leaving before the end to start Olympic preparations) makes him the most successful British Tour rider after breaking Barry Hoban's record of 8 Tour stage wins, set between 1967 and 1975. Cavendish is the first person to win 5 stages in a single Tour since Armstrong in 2004. Armstrong finished in the Cavendish group but Wiggins, A. Schleck and Contador finished in a group 4 seconds back from the first group. [B]Stage 17 results:[/B] * 1.CAVENDISH M. THR 3h 50' 35" * 2.HUSHOVD T. CTT 00' 00" * 3.CIOLEK G. MRM 00' 00" * 4.VAN AVERMAET G. SIL 00' 00" * 5.FREIRE O. RAB 00' 00" * 6.PINEAU J. QST 00' 00" * 7.BEPPU F. SKS 00' 00" * 8.ROCHE N. ALM 00' 00" * 9.LE MEVEL C. FDJ 00' 00" * 10.MAASKANT M. GRM 00' 00" [B]Overall GC standings:[/B] * 1.CONTADOR A. AST 77h 06' 18" * 2.SCHLECK A. SAX 04' 11" * 3.ARMSTRONG L. AST 05' 21" * 4.WIGGINS B. GRM 05' 36" * 5.KLÖDEN A. AST 05' 38" * 6.SCHLECK F. SAX 05' 59" * 7.NIBALI V. LIQ 07' 15" * 8.VANDE VELDE C. GRM 10' 08" * 9.LE MEVEL C. FDJ 12' 37" * 10.ASTARLOZA M. EUS 12' 38" Tomorrow's stage 20 from MONTÉLIMAR > MONT VENTOUX, 167 km finishes on the top of the ferocious Mont Ventoux, and is likely to see some battles to decide the top 10 places before the final stage on Sunday. Lance Armstrong's new team for 2010 is being sponsored by Radioshack and latest news is that Evans, Ricco, Rasmussen, Landis, Hincapie, Sevilla and Muravyev are confirmed for RadioShack 2010 World Tour. Virenque will soigneur and Bruyneel will be team manager. teamradioshack.com/ [/QUOTE]

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