Marc Cavendish wins the second stage of the Tour de France 2009

Mark Cavendish

The Englishman won the second stage ahead of FEILLU AND FARRER
Cavendish begins his feast

* The British Opens particular exhibit after a sprint which was benefited by a fall in the absence of less than 1 mile to the end Cancellara retained the yellow jersey of overall


Britain's Mark Cavendish was able to prevail in the second stage of the Tour de France that elapsed between the towns of Monaco and Brignoles on a journey of 187 kilometers. The corridor of Columbia won the sprint after benefiting from a fall in the absence of a few meters to the end. In the end, Farrar was second and third Feillu Cancellara holds the jersey of the overall standings.

After an impressive opening time trial, the Tour de France second stage enjoyed a quiet, ideal for sprinters. But as often happens in such tours, made a career break. This time, the adventure was led by four riders: Clement, Veikkanen, Dessel and Auge.

His getaway began nearly 30 kilometer race and the difference to the bulk came to be five minutes. However, the squad at all times controlled the leak and the absence of 40 kilometers, teams like Saxo Bank and Columbia began working hard to reduce the difference. The first to keep the jersey of Cancellara and seconds to qualify for the stage victory with Cavendish.

An eventful final
Kilometers successive days and the story of Frank Schleck put it, who suffered alongside Anton Moreau and a small drop that made them work to try to re-pack. But the race continued and began to mentally escape from their adventure was not going to succeed. The backlog was strong and intense and the difference was reduced under the minutes passed.

Eventually, the escapees were neutralized and the sprinters began to rub their hands. But few (or anyone) could have imagined what would happen shortly thereafter. In the absence of less than 1 mile to the end of the stage, the peloton was cut in two due to a slight fall when cornering, which left out of combat as a candidate Tom Boonen or Daniele Bennati.
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This led to rival Cavendish had just sprint and won his first Tour stage in which one hopes to improve his record to four victories last year. The corridor of Isle of Man has already given his first shot at the table and it seems that their hegemony will not have much opposition.

On the other hand, Cancellara had no trouble retaining his yellow leader's jersey ahead of Alberto Contador and Bredley Wiggins. On Monday, another opportunity to fight back to Cavendish in a flat stage of 196 kilometers from Marseilles and Le Grande Motte.