... American rider to win a stage at this year's race. Farrar was within half a bike length of catching British sprinter Mark Cavendish, who clinched his second consecutive win and fourth overall. "It's frustrating to come second, but at the same ...

... Armstrong remained second and third in the Tour de France after a technology-free day of riding in which Britain's Mark Cavendish won the 10th stage. Organizers banned rider earpieces for Tuesday's 121-mile route, forcing cyclists to devise ...

... speed disciplines. Norway's Thor Hushovd retrieved the green jersey awarded to the Tour's best sprinter from Mark Cavendish of Britain, and Franco Pellizotti from Italy took the polka-dot jersey of the best climber off Spain's Egoi Martinez ...

... hopes to retain the best sprinter's green jersey he won last year. But he will face a strong challenge from Briton Mark Cavendish, considered to be the king of sprints. "It will be difficult but not impossible," Freire said. "I won the green ...

LONDON (AP) The Olympics were his priority last year, and it cost him at the Tour de France. Now, Mark Cavendish is intent on making it to the finish line next month in Paris. "I'm so angry about the Tour," Cavendish said Monday in an ...

... third place. Armstrong hitched a ride with a breakaway group led by old sidekick George Hincapie's Team Columbia. Mark Cavendish, a Columbia rider from Britain, won the stage for the second straight day. Race leader Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland ...

... seconds faster than the peloton that was barreling down on him. Mikhail Ignatiev of Russia was second, and Britain's Mark Cavendish was third, winning the sprint in the trailing peloton. Voeckler is 138th overall, 6:48 behind Cancellara, and ...

CHATEAUROUX, France His dream was within reach and Mark Cavendish didn't let it get away. The British sprinter had been frustrated Monday when his chance to win a stage of this year's Tour ...

... to win the race. This was a second major boost for U.S.-based Team Columbia, which Kirchen leads. Sprinter Mark Cavendish won Wednesday's stage for the team. The team competed as T-Mobile last year and had to deal with the imminent ...

... too well sped to victory Saturday as the daunting climbs of the Pyrenees awaited Tour de France riders. Britain's Mark Cavendish captured the eighth stage in a rain-soaked finish, his second stage victory in the three-week race. That was ...