Cavendish set for green jersey battle at the Tour

Mark Cavendish, British road race national championships 2010

Mark Cavendish's bid to become the first Briton to win the Tour's green jersey took an unexpected boost in the last week when first Tom Boonen and then Heinrich Haussler pulled out of the Tour.

The points competition would now appear to be between three riders: Cavendish, Thor Hushovd and Tyler Farrar. Hushovd won the Norwegian national championships last weekend, in his comeback from a broken collarbone, while American Farrar has targeted green this year and has the full support of his Garmin-Transitions team.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.