No British rider in history has won more Tour de France stages than Mark Cavendish. The Manx Man made it 5 wins at the 2009 Tour, and 9 wins overall with yet another sprint victory on Stage 19, a 178km, classics style course between Bourgoin-Jaillieu to Aubeans. Yet again Cavendish proved too fast for Green Jersey wearer Thor Husvhod who could once again do no better than roll home in second place. Gerald Ciolek jumped early but was still no match and faded to finish third.
Although there were a number of splits in the peleton, all the GC riders finished in the main bunch leaving no change to the overall standings. They will now turn their attention to the epic climb to Mount Ventoux on the penultimate stage on Saturday. Alberto Contador retains a lead of over 4 minutes on Andy Schleck and it would take an absolute catastrophe for him to lose the Yellow Jersey before Paris.
Hushovd's second place on the stage virtually seals him the Green Jersey. While his lead over Cav was reduced to 25 points neither man will score points on the finish at the Ventoux tonight. He would therefore have to finish around 20 places behind Cavendish on the Champs Elysees on Paris to lose the points competition and on current form that seems highly unlikely.
Yellow Jersey - Alberto Contador
Green Jersey - Thor Hushovd
Polka Dot Jersey - Franco Pellizotti
White Jesrey - Andy Schleck
Although there were a number of splits in the peleton, all the GC riders finished in the main bunch leaving no change to the overall standings. They will now turn their attention to the epic climb to Mount Ventoux on the penultimate stage on Saturday. Alberto Contador retains a lead of over 4 minutes on Andy Schleck and it would take an absolute catastrophe for him to lose the Yellow Jersey before Paris.
Hushovd's second place on the stage virtually seals him the Green Jersey. While his lead over Cav was reduced to 25 points neither man will score points on the finish at the Ventoux tonight. He would therefore have to finish around 20 places behind Cavendish on the Champs Elysees on Paris to lose the points competition and on current form that seems highly unlikely.
Yellow Jersey - Alberto Contador
Green Jersey - Thor Hushovd
Polka Dot Jersey - Franco Pellizotti
White Jesrey - Andy Schleck
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