BRITON Mark Cavendish of the Colombia team won the second stage of the Tour de France last night, a 187km ride from Monaco to Brignoles, as stage one winner Fabian Cancellara of Saxo Bank retained the yellow jersey.
Team Columbia-High Road's Mark Cavendish beats Garmin-Slipstream's Tyler Farrar to the line. Picture:
The 24-year-old Cavendish, who won four stages of last year's edition, came through in a sprint finish after his team pushed to the front 75km from the line.
In sweltering conditions, Cavendish edged out American Tyler Farrar and Frenchman Romain Feillu but not before a fall split the peleton going into a curve 750 metres out.
The bunch finish gave all riders the winner's time meaning no change to the overall standings and Spaniard Alberto Contador still 19 seconds behind Cancellara.
Australian Cadel Evans remains fifth, 23 seconds down, and American seven-time champion Lance Armstrong tenth at 40sec.
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