Cavendish wins in La Grand-Motte as Armstrong distances Contador in crosswinds

Mark Cavendish, Tour de France 2009, stage 3

Mark Cavendish took his second consecutive stage win on what many thought would be a largely innocuous day in the saddle for the peloton.

Taking his sixth Tour de France stage win in two years, Cavendish once again displayed that he is by far and away the world’s greatest sprinter, quite possibly the finest the sport has ever seen.

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