Tour de France

• (CNN)-- Britains Mark Cavendish claimed the 21st Tour de France stage win of his remarkable career with an opportunist victory Monday in Tournai.
(CNN)
• Questions had been asked of Mark Cavendish before this week but as so often he had an emphatic answer: in this case the 21st Tour de France stage win of his career in the grand manner.
(The Guardian)
• SAN DIEGO, July 2, 2012 – He is called the "Manx Missile" for good reason. Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man won the first group sprint at the line in Stage 2 of the 2012 Tour de France.
(Washington Times)
• TOURNAI, Belgium (Reuters) - Briton Mark Cavendish snatched his 21st Tour de France stage win when he prevailed in a bunch sprint at the end of a 207.5-kilometres ride from Vise on Monday.
(Reuters UK)
• Tejay van Garderen came into the 2012 Tour de France as one of the top young Americans, and hes proved as much in the first two stages of the historic race.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• TOURNAI, Belgium (Reuters) - Road cycling is nominally a team sport but sometimes a rider has to go it alone and no one is better at it than Mark Cavendish, whether on the bike or off it.
("Master" Cavendish happy to go it alone - Reuters India)
• THE event team bidding to bring the start of the Tour de France international cycle race to Scotland has lined up a spectacular presentation on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle before an 8,000-strong crowd.
(scotsman.com)
• TOURNAI, Belgium (Reuters) - A leaner Mark Cavendish showed he was still too talented for the rest of the Tour de France bunch, outpacing his rivals for victory in the 207.5-km second stage in Tournai on Monday.
(NBC Sports)