I'm sure I'll be re-cycling Mark Cavendish [yes, I said that] throughout my posts until the Tour ends later this month. This picture is from the finish of Thursday's Stage 5. I love how Team HTC-Columbia is presenting photos of their cyclists on their website, the team member picked out in color amidst the field in black and white. Cavendish's joy at winning Stage 5 was particularly poignant. The first four stages of the Tour de France had left his confidence in such a black hole that he cried unabashed tears of relief at the podium upon receiving the prize for the stage win. Re-energized by yesterday's result, The Manx Missile successfully launched again today for a breathtaking finish to Stage 6, and Cavendish took his second stage win of the Tour this year.Paul Sherwin has just written in his blog on Versus.com: "Cavendish now has got back the confidence he needs to be the top sprinter in the race. This win was his twelfth career stage win--a British record, which may even go higher before we get to Paris."
According to Team HTC-Columbia's site, the Stage 6 win is the 56th road victory of his professional career, which includes four stage wins of the Tour de France in 2008, six in 2009 and two in 2010.
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